Jos Buttler is leading England for the last time in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy clash against South Africa. He has resigned from the captaincy after their poor performance in the tournament. England are currently out of the tournament after losing their first two group-stage matches of the tournament.
England lost their tournament's opening clash against Australia, after that, Afghanistan defeated them by eight runs to knock them out of the tournament. The side is currently playing a dead-rubber clash against South Africa.
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While coming at the toss, England captain Jos Buttler said that he didn't take time for his decision to leave the captaincy.
"I felt like it was time, so I didn't want to take more time to take that decision (on stepping down from England white-ball captaincy). It was an easy decision and I will do it for one last time, hopefully we can do well. A bit of sadness as well, it's an honour to captain your country, it's something you dream about and I have had some good moments along the way," said Buttler.
Coming back to the clash, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bat first against South Africa in his last clash as a captain. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma is missing the third league clash against England as he is unwell. Proteas also featured with two changes against England.
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England vs South Africa playing XIs
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
South Africa (Playing XI): Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
