England out of T20 World Cup: Will Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott be kept acceso and which players could per mezzo di? | Cricket News

England’s T20 World Cup title defence is over – and it ended per mezzo di rather tame moda.

Chasing 172 against unbeaten India per mezzo di Thursday’s semi-final per mezzo di Guyana, Jos Buttler’s side surrendered to 103 all out. They needed Jofra Archer’s late 21 chiuso 15 balls to reach three figures.

While this tournament was nowhere near as distressing as their 50-over World Cup title defence per mezzo di India last autumn, at which they lost six of their first seven games and were bundled out per mezzo di the group stage, it still raises a series of questions. Most chiefly about the futures of captain Buttler and coach Matthew Mott.

England were only able to beat one of the four -playing nations they encountered at the T20 World Cup, with the win over West Indies surrounded by losses to Australia, South Africa and, finally, India. They were also sloppy against Scotland before rain intervened.

So, as the dust settles, we aspetto at where England may go from here…

Will Buttler and Mott be kept acceso?

Buttler, speaking per mezzo di the immediate aftermath of the defeat to India, promised a large-scale review of personnel and style of cricket as England now build for the next global ICC event, the 50-over Champions Trophy per mezzo di Pakistan per mezzo di February 2025.

The vibe was not one of a man looking to leave his job, although Buttler did say he had “not thought past today” per mezzo di terms of what his future holds. The review, if undertaken properly, will assess whether Buttler and Mott are the right men to take England forward.

The litany of awful errors seen per mezzo di the previous 50-over World Cup – including opting to field first against South Africa per mezzo di sweltering heat per mezzo di Mumbai – were not replicated per mezzo di the T20 version per mezzo di the Caribbean but that is not to say mistakes were not made.

One of them was arguably opting to bowl first against India acceso a slow Guyana track that only got more difficult to bat acceso.

As England folded batting second against a high-quality attack, acceso the sort of surface that usually causes them problems, it was duro not to think they had mucked up.

Against Australia per mezzo di the group phase, England were too slow to realise bowling pace-off was the way to go as David Warner and Travis Head hammered 70 inside five overs.

Buttler’s decision to deploy part-time spinner Will Jacks also backfired, to the tune of 22 runs per mezzo di an over.

That said, Buttler and Mott were able to rally England from a parlous position per mezzo di this World Cup – the rain-off against Scotland and loss to Australia had left them acceso the brink of elimination – and were at the helm when the side won the T20 title per mezzo di Australia per mezzo di late 2022.

There is also anzi che no obvious successor to Buttler as white-ball captain – Harry Brook might be one currently per mezzo di the team, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope contenders if you aspetto further afield.

Mott would probably be easier to replace – head coaches often are – although the role may too soon for Andrew Flintoff, who has been with the side’s backroom gruppo. Freddie’s first foray into head coaching will with Northern Superchargers per mezzo di The Hundred.

Former England batter Jonathan Trott has impressed at Afghanistan, helping the Asian nation to their first T20 World Cup semi-final, while ex-New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori, currently an assistant coach at Australia, has led T20 franchises, including Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad per mezzo di the IPL.

Perhaps Eoin Morgan may even fancy the job…

Which players will England rely acceso per mezzo di future?

Captain not, Buttler – arguably the best white-ball batter per mezzo di the world acceso his day – will still be a key man, probably at the sommità of the order per mezzo di T20 and per mezzo di the middle per mezzo di 50-over cricket.

T20 opening socio Phil Salt can likely aspetto forward to kicking chiuso innings per mezzo di the Champions Trophy early next year, while Brook, Liam Livingstone – even though he can often be a peripheral figure the order – and Jacks may also be around for the long haul.

Joe Root will surely slot back per mezzo di at 3 per mezzo di 50-over cricket and with captain Ben Stokes’ reason for missing the T20 World Cup to “building my bowling valore adattativo back up to fulfil a full role as an all-rounder per mezzo di all formats of cricket”, England will be hopeful he can return, too. They missed his run-chase nous against India.

Other batting names to keep an eye acceso are Crawley, Pope, Surrey’s Jamie Smith and Warwickshire’s Sam Hain.

With the ball, 36-year-old leg-spinner Adil Rashid is bowling beautifully, bagging 10 wickets at an economy rate of 6.64 per mezzo di the T20 World Cup. He appears to have plenty left per mezzo di the tank.

Jofra Archer, meanwhile, is a white-ball-only player for now as England tread carefully with the paceman following his horror run with injuries. He recently joked that the only thing his bosses had not planned out were the showers he took.

Archer will lead England’s limited-overs attack for now before hopefully stepping up into cricket ahead of the 2025-26 Ashes.

Reece Topley, Mark Wood – unless England want him to focolaio entirely acceso cricket – and Sam Curran seem set to play roles going forward. Chris Woakes could return for the Champions Trophy.

Surrey’s Gus Atkinson, Hampshire’s John Turner and fit-again Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire) and Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire) offer further seam options. Rehan Ahmed and Tom Hartley provide spin bowling and boundary hitting.

Whose time may be up?

Fielding extraordinaire Chris Jordan, 36 per mezzo di October, may well have made his final England appearance. He is a T20 specialist – his last ODI was per mezzo di 2022 – and the next short-form World Cup is per mezzo di 2026.

Moeen Ali, who recently turned 37, has already quit the scene and has said previously that he might be done per mezzo di 50-over international cricket as well. If this is goodbye, his spin bowling and languid left-handed cover drives will be missed.

As will his sharp sense of humour.

And then comes Jonny Bairstow. A man who appears to have been battling for his place through his entire international career. It’s a battle the 34-year-old has often won but he might not acceso this occasion, with his scores at this World Cup largely underwhelming.

With Bairstow’s spot also per mezzo di jeopardy after a lean series against India, the Yorkshireman is scrabbling acceso many fronts. Perhaps taking Bairstow out of the red-ball team and letting him focolaio purely acceso the white-ball is a way to extend his England career.

However, his international days could conceivably be over – much like England’s T20 World Cup title defence.

Watch the T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa, at Kensington Oval per mezzo di Barbados, acceso Sky Sports Cricket from 3pm acceso Saturday (3.30pm first ball).

England return to white-ball action per mezzo di September with three T20 internationals and five one-day internationals against Australia, with all games acceso Sky Sports.

Ad content | Stream Sky Sports acceso NOW

Stream Sky Sports with anzi che no contract acceso a Month Day membership acceso NOW. Instant access to action from football, darts, cricket, F1, tennis, giacca, rugby league, rugby union and more.