Coach Brendon McCullum backed Jos Buttler to play a giant position for England after standing down because the group’s white-ball captain following a dismal Champions Trophy marketing campaign.
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England suffered a 3rd straight defeat on Saturday, shedding to South Africa by seven wickets after a limp show in Karachi to complete backside of Group B and and not using a single level.
With their exit already confirmed, England slumped to 179 all out in 38.2 overs, with Joe Root making a prime rating of 37.
South Africa chased down the goal in 29.1 overs for the lack of three wickets as Rassie van der Dussen made an unbeaten 72 and Heinrich Klaasen added 64.
England went down by 5 wickets in opposition to Australia earlier than shedding to Afghanistan by eight runs.
Buttler made begins in every three of his innings scoring a mixed 82 runs however could not replicate the explosive kind that has made him some of the feared batters in white-ball cricket.
England have misplaced their final seven one-day internationals, profitable solely 18 of 45 with Buttler as captain, however McCullum mentioned the 34-year-old remained a key member of a group in want of a rebuild.
“We still see Jos as obviously a big player within that and he’s got a huge role to play,” mentioned McCullum, who took over as England’s white-ball coach this yr, combining the position along with his current Take a look at duties.
“It will be an exciting time for a new captain to try and put their stamp on it.”
Harry Brook is the favorite to take over the captaincy, which Buttler had held since changing Eoin Morgan in June 2022.
“I thought it was a brave decision to make and it gives us now an opportunity to be able to start to plot and plan our way forward,” mentioned McCullum.
“He cared so much about it and he admittedly said that he wasn’t able to get the best out of the guys and was sad.”
McCullum, who’s credited with overseeing England’s transition to an ultra-aggressive type in Take a look at cricket, mentioned it was time to look forward.
“We weren’t good enough, obviously very disappointed so now we will put our thinking caps on and start to try and navigate our way through what an improvement looks like,” he mentioned.
“We need to work out a way that we can get ourselves back to where we should be.”
McCullum praised quick bowler Jofra Archer, who took six wickets throughout three matches within the event, as he confirmed glimpses of his finest following a gruelling highway again to worldwide cricket.
“I think if we look at Jof, he’s been out of competitive cricket for a couple of years , and I think it’s taken probably just a little bit of time to get that rhythm of gameplay back.
“I feel he is been actually good. He is bowled excessive tempo, he is performed loads of cricket and we have seen moments of how nice Jofra is.”
England subsequent host the West Indies for 3 ODIs and three T20Is from Could 29.
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