Jos Buttler will step down as England’s white-ball captain after the Champions Trophy.
England have already been knocked out of the tournament, after defeats to Australia and Afghanistan, and Saturday’s match against South Africa will be the final time Buttler leads the side.
Buttler was appointed captain of the ODI and T20 teams in June 2022 following the retirement of Eoin Morgan, and led England to victory at the T20 World Cup later that year.
However, it has been three poor white-ball tournaments in a row since then, with Brendon McCullum’s arrival as coach in January unable to spark an immediate improvement in form.
“Just to let you all know, I’m going to stand down as England captain,” Buttler said at a press conference on Friday.
“It’s the right decision for me, it’s the right decision for the team. Hopefully somebody else can come in and work closely alongside Baz [McCullum] to take the team back to where it needs to be.”
England have lost 22 of their 34 ODI matches under Buttler, which led to him admitting after the defeat to Afghanistan that he needed to assess whether he was “part of the problem or am I part of the solution?”
The 34-year-old has since made the decision that he has reached “the end of the road” as England captain.
“It was quite clear that this tournament was going to be important results-wise for my captaincy,” Buttler said.
“Obviously two losses and being out of the tournament with a bit of a hangover of some tournaments before, I probably reached the end of the road for me and my captaincy, which is a shame. I’m sad about that.
“With Brendon coming in only recent, I was really excited to work closely alongside him and hope for a very quick turnaround and take the team forward.
“But it’s not quite worked out that way, so it just feels like it’s the right time for me and also for the team to have a change.”
