Buttler Confident in England’s Progress Despite Imperfect

Buttler Confident in England’s Progress Despite Imperfect

During the four years of preparation of the English men for the World Cup, books, documentaries and, most likely, enabling writings have been published. Their six-week preparation for this year’s tournament is indeed a very different prospect, as white ball captain Jos Buttler admitted.

“The landscape has changed a lot during this period,” Buttler said on the eve of England’s Twenty20 series against New Zealand. After all, this is the first time since March that he has put on an England shirt against Bangladesh. “It is by no means perfect, as we would probably prepare for the big tournaments. But I think the T20 World Championship showed that you can do it.”It would be last year’s tournament – the one that England won.

Wednesday night’s T20 at the riverside is the first of four in the middle of the sides, a starting course for the four one-day internationals that follow. While the England squad includes eight different players from the 50-Over Version, no one claims that this is anything other than the first step towards October 5, when the 2019 World Cup finalists will meet again at this year’s kick-off.

Until then, three more home games against Ireland and two heat-up games in India will make 13 white-ball games in five weeks. The follow-up effect of the recent time changes has donated to the tight schedule that offers the England white-ball captain many opportunities to try on his combinations.

It also means England have to be careful about congestion and injuries, Buttler said. “It’s going to be a long Tournament, a lot of time in India and also a lot of travel, so next month we have to be careful how we treat people.”It would ultimately be embarrassing to convince Ben Stokes of his ODI retirement just to break him.

The England test captain returned to the 50s team as a batsman rather than an all-rounder-“I’m very comfortable with that, Ben’s punch is extraordinary,” Buttler said – and much more. “He makes people feel one foot bigger when he is part of the team with you, and he also pushes the standards.”Mark Wood is treated with the utmost care of all. “He’s like your best racehorse, isn’t he?”Buttler said.

While Wood will be absent from the T20 series, Harry Brook, who could not find his place in a fortune 15 world cup full of power hitters, will undoubtedly make a statement. Buttler insists England’s rising star has no reason to prove – but Brook can at least raise concerns, if only to secure his place on the India-bound plane as one of the three travelling reserves.

Tempo prodigy Gus Atkinson, who has been selected for both teams, is likely to make his England debut at the riverside after doing more than his bit to help Oval Invincibles to their first men’s hundred title. “This is the one we want to care about a lot,” said Buttler, who led Manchester Originals against Invincibles in Sunday’s Final.

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