England captain Jos Buttler admitted that it’s more and more getting irritating for him that he’s not in a position to rating runs in ODIs. Since September 2023, the person has not crossed the 50-run mark in final 13 innings and in final 8 innings, Butter averages solely 9.75. He struggled proper by means of the World Cup that was performed in India and his lean run continued in the primary ODI towards the West Indies on Sunday (December 3) as effectively.
Even as England posted 325 runs on the board in their 50 overs, Buttler may solely rating three runs off 13 deliveries. Opening up about his poor kind in the 50-over format, the England skipper expressed his disappointment but additionally identified that he’s hitting the ball effectively and will solely be a matter of time earlier than he begins scoring runs. He additionally vowed to maintain working onerous in order to get again into kind sooner slightly than later.
“I feel good, I just keep managing to get out. It’s disappointing, frustrating and gone on for a lot longer than I’d have liked but there’s only myself who can score my own runs, I’m not going to score any if I hide away and don’t get out there. You keep working hard, the only thing you can do is keep working hard, keep putting yourself out there, trusting in the stuff that’s served you well over a long period of time and hope it turns around,” Buttler stated after the match.
As far because the match is worried, England had been sitting fairly at one stage with West Indies needing 80 runs off final seven overs in the chase. But due to Romario Shepherd and skipper Shai Hope, they managed to chase the rating with seven balls and 4 wickets in hand. “For 40 overs of it we did brilliantly well. It is always a hallmark of West Indian cricket that they are excellent six hitters and they managed to find the rope when they needed to. We did a lot of things well with the bat and ball, we just didn’t close it out. A little bit of execution here and there or whether we need to change our plans a little bit,” Buttler added.