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Test Match Special

Buttler resigns as white-ball captain

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As Jos Buttler steps down as England limited overs captain, we hear from him and coach Brendon McCullum. Plus, Simon Mann is joined by Jonathan Agnew and Vic Marks, who has known Buttler since he was a teenager.

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0:52.3

So Josh Butler has resigned as England's whiteball captain.

0:56.9

The only minor surprise is that the announcement came on the eve of England's final match in the Champions Trophy rather than after it,

0:59.5

or sometime in the next couple of weeks when the England players get back home.

1:03.7

Joss Butler averaged 26 in his last 21 one day,

1:07.8

as no hundreds in his last 24 one-day international innings, six defeats in a row for this England team.

1:15.1

Josh Butler, 44 one day is in charge, 18 wins and 25 losses.

1:20.8

In T20s, it was 26 wins and 22 defeats.

1:25.2

Well, he's been speaking to Jonathan Agnew and Jonathan asked him when he made the

1:29.8

decision. Yeah, pretty soon after the game, to be honest, I probably knew even coming into the

1:35.0

tournament that obviously it was a big tournament for my captaincy and where we wanted to go. So,

1:42.5

yeah, I just feel like it's the right time for me. It's the right time for the team and, you know, where we wanted to go. So, yeah, I just feel like it's the right time for me.

1:44.9

It's the right time for the team and, you know,

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