Nasser Hussain backed Harry Brook to replace Jos Buttler “as soon as possible” if England want him to become their next white-ball captain. Buttler resigned as England white-ball captain after their group-stage exit in the ICC Champions Trophy, having lost 22 of his 34 one-day internationals as permanent skipper since succeeding Eoin Morgan in 2022….
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is considering whether he is “part of the problem or part of the solution” after his side crashed out of the Champions Trophy at the hands of Afghanistan. England’s miserable white-ball winter reached its lowest ebb as they were eliminated following a nerve-shredding eight-run defeat to Afghanistan in Lahore. Defeat…
England go into their ICC Champions Trophy game against Afghanistan on Wednesday on the precipice of an early elimination, were they to follow up their opening loss to Australia with another defeat. Live ICC Champions Trophy Cricket Wednesday 26th February 8:30am Despite an encouraging England batting display – in which Ben Duckett struck 165 –…
Nasser Hussain believes England were impressive despite being stunned by Australia’s ICC tournament-record run chase of 352, but skipper Jos Buttler cannot afford another poor tournament. There were plenty of highlights in England’s Champions Trophy opener despite the result being a five-wicket loss, with Ben Duckett hitting a stellar 165 off 143 balls, a new…
England captain Jos Buttler has called on his side to play better for longer after falling to a four-wicket defeat against India in the first of a three-match ODI series in Nagpur. Phil Salt’s 43 off 26 balls saw England race to 75 without loss after electing to bat first, only to lose three wickets…
Jos Buttler criticised India’s use of pace bowler Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute in their series-clinching win over England in the fourth T20 international in Pune, calling the change “not a like-for-like replacement”. Batting all-rounder Shivam Dube – who has bowled a total of only three overs across the last three editions of the…
