Buttler determined to remain as England captain

Jos Buttler says he is determined to stay on as England captain despite a shambolic defeat by Sri Lanka which all but ends his team's World Cup defence.

The defending champions were thrashed by nine wickets in their tournament opener against New Zealand, beat Bangladesh in their second match but have since been shocked by Afghanistan and hammered by a record margin by South Africa prior to their latest defeat on Thursday.

They are not mathematically out of the competition but must win all of their remaining games, including against unbeaten hosts India on Sunday, and hope an unlikely set of results go their way.

Their impending exit will mark the end of an era for a side which became the first to hold the men's 50 and 20-over World Cups at the same time.

"I'll go back to the changing room and look at the players sat there and think, 'how have we got ourselves into this position with the talent and the skill that's in the room?'" said Buttler, who took over from 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan last June.

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