Nasser Hussain backed Harry Brook to interchange Jos Buttler “as quickly as attainable” if England need him to turn into their subsequent white-ball captain.
Buttler resigned as England white-ball captain after their group-stage exit within the ICC Champions Trophy, having misplaced 22 of his 34 one-day internationals as everlasting skipper since succeeding Eoin Morgan in 2022.
Center-order batter Brook is the excellent candidate to take over as one of many few gamers seemingly assured a spot in England’s 50-over and 20-over groups.
“Harry Brook is the apparent candidate to take over. He did it on the finish of the summer season towards Australia,” mentioned former England Check captain Hussain.
“He is the apparent one with the quantity of essential cricket arising for England. Do you need to put that stress on a younger man who’s obtained an India sequence at residence, an Ashes away after which a World Cup T20 in India and Sri Lanka? Or do you go to a cease hole, James Vince, Sam Billings, Lewis Gregory, seasoned, home, franchise captains to simply do it for some time?
“I believe personally England do not look again, they give the impression of being ahead. In the event that they assume Brook is the subsequent captain, they go to him as quickly as attainable so he can begin studying about being captain. However clearly the caveat is then there shall be quite a bit on his plate.”
England’s early exit on the Champions Trophy adopted poor showings at each the 2023 50-over World Cup, the place they had been additionally knocked out within the group stage, and the 2024 T20 World Cup, the place a semi-final run papered over the cracks.
Hussain, who was England’s Check captain between 1999 and 2003, thinks outgoing captain Buttler must “get again to being a world-class participant.”
“It is at all times very unhappy when an England captain has to really feel like he has to face down and he was extremely emotional strolling out,” he added.
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Jos Buttler mentioned he made the choice to step down as England’s white ball captain forward of their recreation towards South Africa because it felt like the correct time and concedes it didn’t go how he hoped
“It is the most effective job on the earth till you must give it away and for another day he is England’s white-ball captain and the subsequent day he is not. I can inform you that actually hurts you. It is the most effective job in cricket.
“It is the correct factor to do. His personal kind has diminished since he is been captain, particularly within the final couple of years. He is England’s greatest white-ball participant and the captaincy just isn’t that good that it balances off the runs he must be getting.
“Additionally, the outcomes have gone towards him. The final three world occasions, the 50-over and T20 World Cups and this event, the outcomes have not been nice. So a mix of that, outcomes not being good, kind not being good.
Buttler’s document as England white-ball captain
Atherton asses England’s subsequent choices
England have two Check sequence to return in 2025, at residence towards India in the summertime reside on Sky Sports activities, earlier than The Ashes on the finish of the 12 months.
Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Michael Atherton agreed with Hussain that Brook is the favorite however England’s resolution is dependent upon whether or not the multi-format participant would have an excessive amount of to do.
“They’ve two methods to go. They both go together with any individual who’s within the facet now, sure of his place, like Harry Brook who’s the vice-captain, has executed it earlier than on the finish of the season, and did it very effectively towards Australia,” he defined.
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Buttler has resigned as England white-ball captain after their group-stage exit within the ICC Champions Trophy.
“The issue with Brook is that he is a multi-format participant. He performs Check cricket, T20s, ODIs. England’s schedule, though it is easing slightly bit with fewer Check matches this 12 months, I believe that makes it tough.
“The opposite route they might go is to go for any individual barely outdoors of the multi-format strategy, like Sam Billings, James Vince or Sam Curran. I am not going to present you a reputation as a result of I actually do not know.
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Michael Atherton has his say on Buttler’s resolution to resign as England white-ball captain after their early Champions Trophy exit
“It is actually the path. In the mean time, what’s occurring is that they are bringing the red-ball and white-ball groups nearer collectively.
“I truly assume with the scheduling they must be pushing them additional aside. You are going to have a core of gamers who’re throughout codecs – Brook being one, Joe Root – these excellent gamers who’re good in all codecs however I additionally assume given the schedule, you want to have a definite separation between red-ball and white-ball groups as effectively.”
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 – outcomes and fixtures 🏏
Group A
Group B
Semi-finals
- March 4: Semi-final – A1 v B2 (Dubai)
- March 5: Semi-final 2 – A2 v B1 (Lahore)
Last
- March 9: Last (Lahore or Dubai)
Watch each match from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, as much as and together with the ultimate on March 9, reside on Sky Sports activities, or stream with NOW.
