BASHED BAZ MAY NOW SPLIT HEIRS

BRENDON McCULLUM is open to splitting England's white-ball captaincy and did not rule out offering the position to someone currently outside the set-up.

- By Dave Charlesworth

Jos Buttler signed off from the role with a seven-wicket thrashing by South Africa in Karachi as England ended a miserable Champions Trophy campaign with a third straight defeat.

Harry Brook is the overwhelming favourite to succeed Buttler but concerns hang over the Yorkshireman's workload as an all-format regular.

England could lighten the load by putting Brook in charge of the ODI side and appoint a separate T20 skipper, which would leave them with three captains as Ben Stokes oversees the Test fortunes.

McCullum said: "I'll work it out over the new few weeks, look at how the structure works and what each side needs.

"If it's the same person, great; if it's two, that's great too. Give me a couple of weeks to work it out and get this thing back on track."