Jos Buttler resigned as England white-ball captain on Friday after his team made an early exit from the Champions Trophy with back-to-back defeats against Australia and Afghanistan. “It’s the right decision for me and the right decision for the team,

England’s torturous white-ball winter ended with a whimper in Jos Buttler’s swansong as captain as they were humbled by South Africa to exit the Champions Trophy with three defeats from three. Back-to-back Group B defeats to Australia and Afghanistan sealed an early exit and Buttler’s fate but England were unable to rouse themselves for his send-off in Karachi,