FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Men's Champions Trophy - Group B - England v South Africa - National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan - March 1, 2025 England's Ben Duckett in action REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
(Reuters) - England's Ben Duckett said it would be a dream to captain his country but the top-order batter has no idea if he is even in the running to replace Jos Buttler as limited-overs skipper.
Wicketkeeper-batter Buttler stepped down from the role on February 28, three days after England's group-stage exit at the Champions Trophy, with Harry Brook considered a front-runner to replace him.
Asked if he would be interested in taking over the vacant role, Duckett told Sky Sports: "To captain England would obviously be a dream. I don't think it's on the radar but I don't know that, which is why I am answering like that.
"We will see what happens moving forward and what decisions are made. I am just pretty happy playing for England at the minute.
"Three or four years ago I wouldn't have thought I'd be doing that, so just living my dream as a kid, representing my country — I am very happy playing all three formats."
The 30-year-old has played 22 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals, scoring 1,058 and 412 runs, respectively. He has also played in 32 tests, scoring 2,270 runs.
(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
