The 26-year-old was appointed Buttler’s deputy at the start of Brendon McCullum’s tenure as all-format coach last month.
After a third successive failure at a major tournament following the 2023 Cricket World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup, Buttler has run out of road. Even he admitted he might be part of the problem following the defeat by Afghanistan that sealed England’s fate.
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Read MoreFor McCullum and Rob Key, England’s director of cricket, asking Brook to succeed Buttler would be the natural choice given he is guaranteed his place in both the one-day and T20 teams.
Brook’s current form is awful – averaging 15.60 in ODIs and 18.20 in T20s since McCullum took over at the start of the year.
The issue England have is ensuring the added responsibility does not get too much for him. Appointing him captain in a year with so much important Test cricket, still comfortably his best format, is not ideal. An able deputy will need to be found so that Brook can be rested for those white-ball series that clash with Tests.
When weighing up whether to offer the captaincy to Brook, England must be realistic about the demands they place on him.
England have lost 22 of their 34 ODIs under Buttler’s captaincy (Photo: Getty)After he has got his feet under the table though, he must be allowed to skip series so his workload can be managed.
If that happens, who could stand in when Brook is being rested?
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Read MoreSalt is the obvious choice but as mentioned earlier, he has not convinced yet in international 50-over cricket. Yet maybe he would be emboldened by the responsibility if he got the gig?
Or might he, too, rise to the occasion? Before the advent of split captaincy this wasn’t an issue. Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss still managed to win Ashes series when they were captains across formats.
There is also a ready-made mentor in the one-day team for him to turn to in the form of fellow Yorkshireman Joe Root if he needs any more help, guidance or advice.
He might even be a viable candidate for the one-day job until the end of the 2027 World Cup if England decided on separate ODI and T20 captains, with perhaps Salt the best shout for a sole T20 role?
So we come back to where we started – Brook. It’s not guaranteed to work but whenever Buttler departs, he is the obvious and overwhelming choice to succeed him.
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