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Jos Buttler accepted his future as England captain was out of his hands after another painful defeat sent his side tumbling towards the World Cup exit door league
England knew nothing less than victory over Sri Lanka would be enough to keep alive their fading hopes of reaching the semi-finals and they responded with arguably their worst performance yet in a campaign littered with low points league
After choosing to bat first, they were skittled for a meagre 156 in 33 league
2 overs, then watched as their opponents cantered home by eight wickets in Bangalore with almost half of the innings unused league
The thrashing, which followed heavy losses to New Zealand, Afghanistan and South Africa, left the reigning champions ninth in the standings with an eye-watering net run-rate league
With four games to go – including table-topping India and bitter rivals Australia – they are being kept off bottom spot by the only associate nation at the competition, the Netherlands league
Remarkably, England are not yet mathematically out with four games to play, but the route is fanciful in the extreme and Buttler acknowledged the game was up league
“It certainly looks that way and that’s incredibly disappointing league
It would need a few miracles,” he said, glassy-eyed after another draining day league
“You get on the plane with high hopes and a lot of confidence and belief that we can challenge for the title, so to be sat here now with the three weeks we’ve had is a shock league
It’s a shock to everyone league
“I’ll walk back in the dressing room after this, look at the players sat there and think ‘how have we found ourselves in this position with the talent and the skill that’s in the room’?“But it is the position we’re in, it’s the reality of what’s happened over the last three weeks and that’s a huge low point league
”Pressed on his own status in charge of the side Buttler indicated a desire to continue but a realisation that the verdict may not be his to make league
In reality, England do not have an obvious successor lined up and Buttler is relatively new in the role, having inherited the mantle following Eoin Morgan’s retirement last summer league
He also has a T20 World Cup win in the bank and there has been no indication that managing director of the men’s cricket, Rob Key, has an itchy trigger finger league
“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,” Buttler admitted league
“I certainly have a lot of confidence and belief in myself as a leader and captain and first and foremost as a player, but if you’re asking if I should still be captaining the team, that’s a question for the guys above me league
“The tournament’s gone nowhere near the way we wanted it to…that much is obvious league
As a leader, you want to lead through your own performance and I’ve not been able to do that league
”Head coach Matthew Mott joined Buttler in writing off the chances of sneaking through to the last four, telling BBC Sport: “Yeah, it’s over now, I think league
“I’m not a mathematician, but with our net run-rate and too many teams who are going to take games off each other, we have to come to terms with that league
From now we’re playing for a lot of pride league
“We feel like we’ve let our fans down, our families and supporters and everyone in that dressing room, we haven’t put our best foot forward and in professional sport, that’s what you’re judged on league
”More aboutPA ReadyJos ButtlerEnglandSri LankaBangaloreMatthew MottNew ZealandAfghanistanAustraliaSouth AfricaIndiaRob KeyBBC Sport1/1Jos Buttler: My future as captain out of my hands as England near World Cup exitJos Buttler: My future as captain out of my hands as England near World Cup exitJos Buttler’s England suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka (PA Wire/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today league
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England forward Courtney Lawes will retire from international rugby at the end of the Rugby World Cup league
The 34-year-old won a 105th cap for his country in the semi-final defeat to South Africa at the Stade de France, confirming afterwards that this tournament would be his last involvement at Test level league
Lawes could feature for a final time in an England shirt in Friday’s third-place play-off against Argentina league
“I think it’s time,” said Lawes, England’s fifth most-capped male player, suggesting that he had a desire to spend more time with his children league
“I’ve done four World Cups, so I’m pretty happy with that league
“The kids are at that age where they need their dad around league
It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well needed structure to the mob league
“It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for me to represent England for so long league
I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on league
It’s not always been the ups league
Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through league
“I’m not an emotional person really, but it’s just been a huge honour for me, to be honest league
To be able to finish with this group is something I’ll treasure forever league
”Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France (Getty Images)A one-club man, Lawes is contracted at Northampton Saints for another season and intends to play on domestically league
He made his England debut in November 2009, coming on to partner now head coach Steve Borthwick in the second row in a defeat to Australia, and went on to win three Six Nations championships across his career league
Having played most of his career at lock, including starting the 2019 World Cup final at lock, the always-versatile Lawes has been stationed on the blindside for most of the last four years league
A series of impressive performances earned Lawes selection for a second British & Irish Lions tour in South Africa in 2021, and the forward captained his country for the first time against Tonga later that year league
He began this World Cup as England’s skipper while Owen Farrell served his suspension, leading the side to two victories and scoring only his second Test try in the win over Japan league
“I have so many [great memories],” Lawes stressed league
“I think, as hard as it is being away from your family and stuff like that, you almost have another family league
You really feel like that, especially when you’re away in camps like World Cup camps league
Courtney Lawes scored only his second England try against Japan in Nice (PA Wire)“It’s five months of staying with your brothers league
I’ll definitely miss the boys, the banter and all the suff we get up to when we’re not training league
“From the last World Cup to this one, with the group of lads we’ve had coming through, I’ve really enjoyed being part of the group league
You can see what it really means for us to play for each other league
“When you come up against teams like South Africa, where everyone thinks you’re going to get slaughtered, and you find another level for each other league
So I’ll miss this group of boys specifically league
“We’ve had a lot of good times with these lads league
I’ll definitely miss pulling the jersey on and giving it everything league
”England will face Argentina in a battle for third place at the Stade de France on Friday night in their final match of the World Cup league
Borthwick has suggested that he is fully intent on winning the game, opening the door for a farewell appearance for Lawes even at the end of a long campaign league
Steve Borthwick has hailed Courtney Lawes’s intelligence and work-rate (Getty Images)The England head coach hailed his vice-captain’s qualities nearly a decade and a half after welcoming him into the Test fold as a player league
Borthwick said: “We could talk about his trademark Courtney Lawes low tackles that cut the attackers down in their path, [but] what I see in Courtney is somebody who covers the ground league
“In crucial moments, he finds himself in the right place at the right time just so often league
That’s a real sign of the intelligence of the player, a sign of the understanding of the player league
“That’s what he continues to do league
[He has] more than 100 caps now, and you can see how hungry he is to help the team by the way he runs league
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