Jos Buttler Steps Down as England White-ball Captain

Jos Buttler has resigned as captain following England's early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in the group stages.

He will stand down after their final match of the campaign, against South Africa on Saturday in Karachi.

"It's the right decision for me, it's the right decision for the team, and hopefully somebody else can come in and work closely alongside [Brendon McCullum] to take the team back to where it needs to be," he said in a press conference on Friday.

"It was quite clear that this tournament was going to be important results-wise for my captaincy," he added, saying that he was sad and disappointed but he felt he had "reached the end of the road."

His side lost their Group B matches against Australia and Afghanistan.

He added: "With Brendon coming in only recently, I was really excited to work closely alongside him and hope for a very quick turnaround and take the team forward, but it's not worked out that way. It feels like it's the right time for me and also for the team to have a change."

Asked whether it felt like a relief to hand over the mantle of leading the team, Buttler demurred, describing it as "an immense honour to captain your country."

By the end of tomorrow’s match, he will have been captain of his country on 96 occasions, leading England in 45 one-day internationals and 51 IT20s. He is the third man to captain England to victory in an ICC tournament, winning the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Born Joseph Charles Buttler, he is an English cricketer has played for the England cricket team in Test and limited overs cricket, captaining the limited overs team between 2022 and 2025. In domestic cricket he plays for Lancashire, having previously played for Somerset, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues. Buttler is known for his highly innovative and aggressive batting style. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and under his captaincy, England won the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Buttler made his T20I debut in 2011, his ODI debut in 2012, and his Test debut in 2014. He was the vice-captain and a crucial member of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and made the run out during the Super Over which sealed victory in the final. He was appointed captain of England's limited-overs teams in June 2022. He captained England to victory at the 2022 T20 World Cup, top-scoring for England at the tournament.

Buttler plays as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman. He is England's second-most-capped T20I player behind Eoin Morgan. Along with Adil Rashid, he holds the world record for highest seventh-wicket stand in ODIs: 177 against New Zealand during their 2015 tour of England. He is England's highest run-scorer in T20Is, and is one of only five Englishmen to score a T20I century. As a wicket-keeper, he holds the England record for most dismissals in both ODI and T20I formats.