Karachi, March 1 -- Following loss to South Africa in the final league stage game of ICC Champions Trophy on Saturday, England's outgoing skipper Jos Buttler expressed how lack of results during his captaincy diminished team's confidence and expressed hope that he will perform better as a batter without the burden of captaincy.

Buttler's final game as white-ball captain was a summary of everything wrong with the team as the England succumbed to a seven-wicket loss to Proteas, ending their CT 2025 campaign, having lost all their three matches.

Speaking after the match, Buttler said, "It was really a disappointing performance and we were short of our mark today, so really disappointing. A decent surface, a little bit slow and two-paced, (...