JOE: WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR BUTTLER

JOE ROOT has praised Jos Buttler's "brilliant" white-ball captaincy.

- BY DAVID CHARLESWORTH

And the Yorkshireman thinks England are "doing more things right" than when he led the Test side.

Buttler has overseen a downturn in fortunes, with England surrendering both limited-overs World Cups in the last 18 months, while they have lost each of their last five ODIs.

England will be staring down the barrel of Champions Trophy elimination if they do not beat Afghanistan tomorrow after a tournament record score of 351 was overhauled by Australia in their opening match on Saturday.