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Jos Buttler opens up on England future after T20 World Cup flop

Jos Buttler opens up on England future after T20 World Cup flop

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3 min readMar 19, 2026 09:01 AM IST After a horrendous campaign with the bat at the T20 World Cup 2026, former England captain and one of England’s finest white-ball batters, Jos Buttler, remains hopeful that he still has some spark left in him and that his international career is not yet over. Buttler was out of form during the entire tournament in India and Sri Lanka, managing just 87 runs in eight innings, which includes five single-digit scores. The wicket-keeper batter has only a single half-century to show from his last four ICC events. However, a bona fide match-winner for England, Buttler, still has another 1.5 years left to run on his ECB central contract. He stated that he still hopes to be in the thick of things when England face India in five T20Is and three ODIs during their home summer. “I hope so. I don’t know. Obviously, I had a poor tournament, which is disappointing, but I’ve been playing some of the best cricket of my career in recent years, so hopefully, …

‘It’s a real honour’: Harry Brook named England white ball captain | Cricket News

‘It’s a real honour’: Harry Brook named England white ball captain | Cricket News

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Harry Brook, who recently pulled out of the 2025 Indian Premier League to concentrate on his country’s matches, was on Monday appointed England’s white-ball captain, replacing Jos Buttler, who had stepped down after the Three Lions’ disastrous Champions Trophy campaign. The 26-year-old made his debut in 2022 and has been a key part of England’s white-ball set-up since, spending the past year as the vice-captain in both ODIs and T20Is. He also led England in the ODI series against Australia last September in Buttler’s absence. “It’s a real honour to be named England’s white-ball captain. Ever since I was a kid playing cricket at Burley in Wharfedale, I dreamed of representing Yorkshire, playing for England, and maybe one day leading the team. To now be given that chance means a great deal to me,” Brook said. Story continues below this ad He has played 26 ODIs scoring 816 runs at an average of 34.00, with a top score of 110. In T20s, he has earned 44 caps and a highest score of 81 and was …