A defiant Jos Buttler insists he’s nonetheless the person to captain England regardless of presiding over a doomed World Cup marketing campaign. England suffered an eight-wicket trouncing on Thursday by the hands of Sri Lanka who chased down a meagre 157-run goal with nearly 25 overs to spare. It was a fourth defeat in 5 video games for England, who slipped to ninth within the 10-team desk and have to win their 4 remaining video games to have any hope of even squeezing into the semi-finals. Three of these video games are towards undefeated two-time champions India, five-time winners Australia and 1992 champions Pakistan. When requested if he’s nonetheless the person to steer his nation the 33-year-old merely replied: “Yeah”.

“I think you’re always questioning as captain how you can get the best out of players, how you can get the team moving in the right direction.

“I definitely have a whole lot of confidence and perception in myself as a frontrunner and captain and initially as a participant, however when you’re asking if I ought to nonetheless be captaining the workforce that is a query for the fellows above me.”

Asked if England’s World Cup is over, Buttler admitted: “It definitely seems that method.”

Buttler has been in charge since June last year when he succeeded Eoin Morgan who led England to victory at the 2019 World Cup.

Buttler has enjoyed success, leading the team to the World Twenty20 title in Australia last year.

In India, however, England have looked predictable and tired — on Thursday, all of their starting eleven were over the age of 30.

In five games at the World Cup, England have lost to Afghanistan and suffered a 229-run mauling by a rampant South Africa.

“It’s extremely robust, an extremely disappointing match. As captain, you are feeling that quite a bit,” added Buttler.

“We’ve been in need of our greatest by a really great distance. I’m upset for myself and the boys that we have not proven a very good account of ourselves.

“There’s no clear answer. If there was one golden nugget that we’re not doing then we’d pick that up.”

Buttler’s personal kind on the World Cup has mirrored England’s distress.

He made 43 within the opening loss to New Zealand and managed simply 52 runs within the 4 subsequent matches.

“I can’t fault the guys’ efforts, we’re just a long way short of our best,” he added.

“As captain, you want to lead from the front and play well. I’ve been a long way short of my best and that’s filtered through to the rest of the team.”

England coach Matthew Mott admitted that the workforce will face severe criticism for his or her limp efforts.

Their solely win has come towards Bangladesh whereas a shocking defeat to Afghanistan additionally dented their hopes.

“We’ve got some serious soul-searching to do. We’re going to cop it, we know that, and quite rightly. We didn’t perform anywhere near our level,” Mott advised the BBC.

“I still think we have a team good enough to win this tournament but clearly we haven’t put it together when it matters. Unfortunately we’re out of form at a very bad time for us.”

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