Nasser Hussain backed Harry Brook to exchange Jos Buttler “as soon as possible” if England need him to develop 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 obvious candidate to take over. He did it at the end of the summer against Australia,” stated former England Check captain Hussain.
“He is the plain one with the quantity of necessary cricket arising for England. Do you need to put that stress on a younger man who’s bought an India sequence at dwelling, 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 only do it for some time?
“I think personally England don’t look back, they look forward. If they think Brook is the next captain, they go to him as soon as possible so he can start learning about being captain. But obviously the caveat is then there will be a lot 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 back to being a world-class player.”
“It’s always very sad when an England captain has to feel like he has to stand down and he was incredibly emotional walking out,” he added.
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Jos Buttler stated he made the choice to step down as England’s white ball captain forward of their sport towards South Africa because it felt like the fitting time and concedes it didn’t go how he hoped
“It’s the best job in the world until you have to give it away and for one more day he’s England’s white-ball captain and the next day he’s not. I can tell you that really hurts you. It’s the best job in cricket.
“It is the fitting factor to do. His personal kind has diminished since he is been captain, particularly within the final couple of years. He is England’s finest white-ball participant and the captaincy will not be that good that it balances off the runs he needs to be getting.
“Also, the results have gone against him. The last three world events, the 50-over and T20 World Cups and this tournament, the results haven’t been great. So a combination of that, results not being good, form not being good.
Buttler’s document as England white-ball captain
Atherton asseses England’s subsequent choices
England have two Check sequence to return in 2025, at dwelling 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 choice depends upon whether or not the multi-format participant would have an excessive amount of to do.
“They have two ways to go. They either go with somebody who’s in the side now, certain of his place, like Harry Brook who is the vice-captain, has done it before at the end of the season, and did it very well against 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 problem with Brook is that he’s a multi-format player. He plays Test cricket, T20s, ODIs. England’s schedule, although it’s easing a little bit with fewer Test matches this year, I think that makes it tricky.
“The opposite route they might go is to go for any individual barely exterior of the multi-format method, 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 choice to resign as England white-ball captain after their early Champions Trophy exit
“It’s really the direction. At the moment, what’s happening is that they’re bringing the red-ball and white-ball teams closer together.
“I really suppose 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 suppose given the schedule, that you must have a definite separation between red-ball and white-ball groups as effectively.”
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 – results 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)
Final
- March 9: Final (Lahore or Dubai)
Watch every match from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, up to and including the final on March 9, live on Sky Sports, or stream with NOW.
