Jose Butler
If any team had a poor performance in the Champions Trophy 2025, then it was England. The England team played a total of three matches in this edition and in all three they suffered defeat. The last match of the British team in the tournament was with South Africa, where they lost by 7 wickets. With this defeat, England got an embarrassing record. Earlier this record was named after Zimbabwe, West Indies and Pakistan.
This embarrassing record attached to England
In fact, England’s performance in the Champions Trophy 205 under the captaincy of Jose Butler was very disappointing. The team played the first match with Australia, where they lost by 5 wickets. At the same time, his second match was with Afghanistan, in this match too, the Afghan team defeated the British by 8 runs. In the last match, he was defeated by South Africa by 7 wickets. With these three defeats, England’s name was added to the record of losing the most match without winning a single match in a version of the Champions Trophy. Earlier this record was in the name of Pakistan. Pakistan also lost three matches without winning a single match in the 2013 Champions Trophy.
The most defeat without a single win in a version of the Champions Trophy
- 3 – Zimbabwe, 2006
- 3 – West Indies, 2009
- 3 – Pakistan, 2013
- 3 – England, 2025
Jose Butler’s record under captaincy
Jose Butler captained 45 ODIs for England. Of them, he won in 18 and lost in 26. There was no result of a match. In recent times, as a captain, Butler had seen a flop. When the England team came on a tour of India before the Champions Trophy, the British lost in the T20 and ODI series.
Jose Butler left the captaincy
In view of the team’s poor performance in the Champions Trophy 2025, England captain Jose Butler resigned as the captaincy. Before the last match against South Africa on Saturday, Butler announced to leave the captaincy. Jose Butler said that he is going to give up the captaincy of England. This is the right decision for him and the team. He hopes that someone else will lead the team and take it where the team should be. Butler said, the team’s journey ended after two defeats in the Champions Trophy. He is very sad with this defeat. After the arrival of Brendon McCullum with the team, he was excited to work with him and take the team forward, but things did not happen as expected, so they feel that this is the right time for change.
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