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'No questioning of his position' – Buttler rallies behind England captain

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Morgan has recently struggled for form recently. His bad patch continued in the ODI series against Netherlands, where he was dismissed for a duck in both the matches he played.

Morgan has been brilliant throughout his ODI career for England – he's their leading run-scorer in the format with 6957 runs in 225 matches, with 13 centuries.

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In 15 matches since the 2019 World Cup, however, Morgan has totalled 353 runs at 32.09, with a century and a half-century.

Buttler, however, rubbished questions surrounding Morgan's place in the side. "There's certainly no questioning of his position from within the camp. I can't put into words what he's achieved," the England vice-captain said.

"Everyone always talks about his captaincy but you forget what a brilliant batsman he's been for England in over 200 ODIs, that doesn't just go away overnight. Everyone in the team is backing him."

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Earlier, Test skipper Ben Stokes also came out in Morgan's support, calling him a 'phenomenal leader'.

"I think the press are the only ones giving him a hard time and I think the players have shown it's not an issue with them," said Stokes.

"People are allowed to not score many runs – and more than that, he's our captain. He's a phenomenal leader and always will be, so I've got no issues with anything going on with him at the moment."

England completed a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series against Netherlands, a result that helped them top the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League table.