‘Am I the problem?: Jos Buttler considers England future as Bazball hits all-time low

England have been dumped out of the Champions Trophy by cricket minnows Afghanistan, as Bazball continues to die a slow death.

England captain Jos Buttler admits he will need to assess if he is the right man to lead the team moving forward after ‘Bazball’ hit an all-time low as the Poms were stunned by cricket minnows Afghanistan on Thursday morning.

The eight-run defeat to Afghanistan saw England bow out of the Champions Trophy and it marked their third consecutive botched tournament under captain Buttler and coach Brendon McCullum, following failures in the 2023 ODI and 2024 T20 World Cups.

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The latest loss also came after a first-match defeat to Australia, where the English failed to defend the highest Champions Trophy total, and a disastrous white-ball tour of India.

The Poms’ Champions Trophy disaster, however, brought about ecstasy for Afghanistan with players and staff flooding the field when the final wicket fell on the second last ball of the match.

“There’s an invasion here from Afghanistan and why not, what a special moment in their cricket history,” iconic commentator Ian Smith said.

“England sit on the balcony in despair, absolute despair.”

England's Bazball-era has hit an all-time low after being bundled out of the Champions Trophy by Afghanistan. Image: Getty

And speaking after the match Buttler admitted he will need to consider his future as skipper.

“We need to consider all possibilities and get English cricket back to where we should be in white-ball cricket,” Buttler said.

“Personally I need to work out, am I part of the problem or the solution?

“I’m not going to make any emotional decisions right here, right now. I’ll take some time to work that out personally and the guys in charge will have their own views, too.”

Former England captain Nasser Hussain doesn’t think the captaincy suits Buttler and is urging him to “let it go”.

England's captain Jos Buttler admits he may not be the right man for the job. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

There were wild scenes following Afghanistan’s unlikely triumph. (Photo by Sameer Ali/Getty Images)

“It can be the most difficult thing to do (let the captaincy go), I thoroughly like Jos Buttler as a human being, he’s a very likeable young man,” he said.

“He’s popular in that dressing room, he’s popular with everyone that has played the game with him but that’s not his job to be popular, his job is to make England white-ball cricket better.

“If he’s saying there’s a lot of talent in that dressing room; their win percentage has fallen off a cliff, they’ve gone out in group stages of 50-over World Cup, they’ve gone out in the group stage of Champions Trophy and they’ve lost their last four bilateral series and his form has diminished.

“I don’t think it sits comfortably on his shoulders, I have never looked at Jos Buttler and said ‘Oh wow, what a leader’.”

Incredibly England has now lost more one-day internationals than it has won since the 2019 World Cup win on home soil.

- with NCA NewsWire