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The Jos Buttler thread: a modern-day potential great but needs to be backed in all formats

Why does England keep persisting with Jos Buttler in Tests?

He has hardly done much of note in tests except for that match winning innings against a clueless Pakistani bowling attack. His test average is 30 and his keeping is hardly extra ordinary. Infact, Bairstow is a superior wicketkeeper than him.

He is also not fulfilling England's expectation of providing them quick runs. Today's innings sums up his test career. He looked clueless about what he should do out there.

I personally think England should strengthen their batting by bringing in a specialist batsman in place of Buttler and make Bairstow keep wickets.
 
He is an average test match player. We saved his career last time letting him score or he was going to be dropped.
 
Sher Khan said:
He has hardly done much of note in tests except for that match winning innings against a clueless Pakistani bowling attack. His test average is 30 and his keeping is hardly extra ordinary. Infact, Bairstow is a superior wicketkeeper than him.

He is also not fulfilling England's expectation of providing them quick runs. Today's innings sums up his test career. He looked clueless about what he should do out there.

I personally think England should strengthen their batting by bringing in a specialist batsman in place of Buttler and make Bairstow keep wickets.
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I would keep Bairstow as a batter only, drop Buttler from the test side and bring in the vastly superior keeper Foakes. But it seems his face doesn’t fit.
 
Foakes has quite a serious injury I thought. Before this he was getting picked and doing a good job.
 
Buttler's batting form in tests has dipped considerably especially that he doesn't look to attack much and just looks to mostly block nowadays.

His aggressiveness is what has gone missing off late and needs to go back to playing his natural game which at times has put England in a dominant position or even in winning positions.

Foakes on the other hand has been quite unlucky to have played just 8 tests in 3 years as he should have played a lot more than he did and now with being injured his chances of returning soon aren't there either.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🏏 53 Tests, 148 ODIs, 82 T20Is<br>💪 8543 international runs<br>🧤 374 dismissals as wicket-keeper<br><br>Here's wishing the ICC Men's <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cricketworldcup</a> 2019 champion, <a href="https://twitter.com/josbuttler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@josbuttler</a>, a happy birthday! <a href="https://t.co/GWsOAtpN6G">pic.twitter.com/GWsOAtpN6G</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1435490674967814146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
A very Happy Birthday to Jos.

He's a Game changing white ball cricketer and one of the prominent members who helped turn England;s fortunes in limited overs cricket.

As a professional athlete however, he must be gutted that he somewhat declined and let Ben Stokes run away with the 2019 world cup glory which by around 2017 i thought would have been a Jos Butler tournament.

The last good knock i remember from him was against Pakistan in test when Crawley made 250+ at the other end. For a player of his talent, i don't see that dog mentality in him to compete which is a shame.
 
A modern day LOI great without any doubt. Finally, the thread gets justified.

England's greatest limited overs batsman of all-time. In tests, a poor man's AB de Villiers though.
 
Super innings today:

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LMAO don't compare ABD to Jos Buttler in test's ever again, even calling him a poor mans ABD is an insult to AB. ABD averages 20 more runs than Buttler in tests over an illustrious career, and he played some innings in test cricket that Buttler could only imagine playing. ABD is a far superior batsman to Buttler.
 
QalandarFan said:
LMAO don't compare ABD to Jos Buttler in test's ever again, even calling him a poor mans ABD is an insult to AB. ABD averages 20 more runs than Buttler in tests over an illustrious career, and he played some innings in test cricket that Buttler could only imagine playing. ABD is a far superior batsman to Buttler.
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Relax bud! ABD will always be a great of the game. No one is disrespecting him. This thread is about Jos Buttler though and this is a special knock by him. The way he dismantled the Aussies attack was extraordinary.
 
Brilliant Buttler!

Jos Buttler's highest scores in T20Is

101* vs SL, 2021
83* vs Ind, 2021
77* vs Aus, 2020
73* vs SL, 2016
71* vs Aus, 2021

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Buttler video tribute

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Probably his best knock in the format. It wasn't easy batting conditions, I loved it how he battled it against the spinners. 2 years ago he would have given his wicket away after few dots.
 
Highlights of his century:

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Mobashir said:
Probably his best knock in the format. It wasn't easy batting conditions, I loved it how he battled it against the spinners. 2 years ago he would have given his wicket away after few dots.
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101 runs in a total score of 163. Magnificent knock!
 
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Led the side off the field this evening:

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Jos Buttler produced one of the most memorable innings in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history, smashing 101* against Sri Lanka in Sharjah to help England to a 26-run win.
Since being moved up to open the batting for England, Buttler averages 60.50 striking at a rate of 149.17. And his brilliant century in Sharjah was arguably his best international performance in the role so far.

Here we take a look at some of the key numbers behind Buttler’s match-winning innings…

Buttler has become the first England man to score a century in all three international formats.

The 101* is only the second T20I World Cup century by an England player, following on from Alex Hales’ 116* against the same opposition, Sri Lanka, at the 2014 T20 World Cup.

And Buttler becomes only the fourth English man to score a T20I century in any competition, joining Hales, Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone in that illustrious club.

RUTHLESS AND TARGETED ACCELERATION

Buttler’s targeting of his match-ups was stark. His conservative approach against Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga yielded 12 runs off 24 balls faced. In contrast, he scored at a strike rate of over 200 against the rest of Sri Lanka attack, smashing 89 off 43.

The acceleration in the back-half of Buttler’s innings saw him hit 77 off the last 37 balls faced.

And his second 50 came off just 22.

Six sixes in a T20I innings equals the most by an England player at a T20 World Cup, a record previously held solely by Hales.

LEADING THE WAY IN THE UAE

Buttler is unsurprisingly leading the way in most of the tournament statistics with the bat.

He is the top run-scorer at the tournament with 214, 44 runs clear of next-best batter Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lank, whose tally also includes runs from Round 1.

His 101* is the first century of the tournament and 21 runs clear of the previous highest individual score, Asalanka’s 80* for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh.

Buttler has been dismissed just once in the tournament, by Bangladesh, so naturally leads the tournament’s highest averages.

And the England opener has scored the most maximums of the tournament so far with 12, and the joint-most fours with 15.

ASTONISHING 2021 FORM

Buttler’s knock takes his 2021 run-tally in T20Is to 534, the highest return in a calendar year by an England international.

That return comfortably surpasses England’s previous best of 397 – held jointly by Malan in 2020 and Hales in 2014.

Only Pakistan openers Babar Azam (651) and Mohammad Rizwan (872) have scored more T20I runs to-date in 2021 than Buttler’s 534, and both have played 17 innings to Buttler’s 12.

WHAT BUTTLER SAID

"I found it tough early on," a typically modest Buttler said after the match. "The spinners were especially tricky with the low bounce and they were hard to get away.

"So I'm really pleased to have kept a calm head and worked through it.

"I backed myself to come good at the end and started to target certain bowlers and at certain ends with a shorter side on one side.

"I felt like I used a lot of experience. I remember saying a while ago, if I can put both parts of my game together then I think I'll be getting in a really good place with my T20 batting.

"I've had a lot of experience batting in the middle and to put that together with the top, I can back myself to catch up at certain times and use the death-hitting side of my game, which is a strength."
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Undisputed best since 2019 ODI world cup, where Rohit Sharma scored 5 tons. That's 2.5 years for Buttler as the best white ball player in the world, pretty impressive.
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He isn’t in the ICC top ten for T20 and ODI, though I suspect he will get bumped up in the next update.

Currently #31 on the ODI table and #17 on the T20 table.
 
Can't Have Sympathy For Jos Buttler: Adam Gilchrist's Critical Comment on England Keeper

Adam Gilchrist has said he can't have too much sympathy for England 'keeper Jos Buttler who was guilty of dropping two regulation catches on the opening day of the second Ashes Test, which allowed the hosts to close the day on 221 for 2.Adelaide: Former Australian wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist has said he can’t have too much sympathy for England ‘keeper Jos Buttler who was guilty of dropping two regulation catches on the opening day of the second Ashes Test, which allowed the hosts to close the day on 221 for 2.

Buttler had a great start to day one as he dived to his right to take the catch of Marcus Harris off Stuart Broad. But post that, he endured a horror day behind stumps as he dropped Marnus Labuschagne on 21 and 95 as Australia made 221/2 at stumps.

“It’s just horrible and I felt almost sick in the stomach for him,” Gilchrist said on SEN WA on Friday. “He’s such a nice guy, but at the end of the day he’s an English cricketer so we can’t have too much sympathy for him. He took an absolute screamer to get rid of Marcus Harris, it was one of the great wicket keeping catches and then he spilled a challenging but slightly easier one of Labuschagne when he was on 21.”

Labuschagne finally ended up scoring a century (103 off 305 balls), falling to Ollie Robinson in the opening session on Day 2 of the day/night Test. By then Australia had notched up 245/3 in 98.4 overs and looked set for a big total as stand-in skipper Steve Smith was unbeaten on 31.

Skipper Pat Cummins is out of the second Test after he was deemed a close contact of a Covid-19 case on December 15.

Gilchrist put it on the lack of concentration on the part of Buttler.

“But that one late in the evening (he dropped), I can only put it down to a lack of concentration. I don’t think England (wicketkeepers) have always suited Australian conditions, they have a fairly lazy style and technique compared to how we are taught as youngsters.

“It was a long, challenging day (for England) and it wasn’t the most entertaining stuff. He can’t have been fully focused prior to that delivery,” added Gilchrist.

Via : https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...ts-critical-comment-on-england-keeper-1008746
 
When Gilchrist dropped catches like this he decided "My time is up". He retired almost immediately.
 
Buttler had never convinced me as a test cricketer

Lets be honest he isnt the best keeper in england And he only avges 33 with the bat in test cricket after 54 games

Hes simply not a test player
 
I feel like Jos Buttler's time is coming up from Test Cricket. I think after the Ashes he will retire. Buttler and Bairstow are two players who will decide whether to continue playing test cricket long-term or focus on ODI & T20 cricket.
 
Josh Buttler isn't the best wicket keeper in England and his batting is just about OK
 
Zaz said:
Buttler had never convinced me as a test cricketer

Lets be honest he isnt the best keeper in england And he only avges 33 with the bat in test cricket after 54 games

Hes simply not a test player
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Truth. Not good enough with bat or ball
 
“It’s just horrible and I felt almost sick in the stomach for him,” Gilchrist said on SEN WA on Friday. “He’s such a nice guy, but at the end of the day he’s an English cricketer so we can’t have too much sympathy for him.
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:)) love it.
 
If you don't wanna go with Buttler then bring Bairstow in, the time for specialist wicketkeepers is long gone.
 
I can understand why butler was picked as he has the potential to score big in australian conditions, he looked solid in his first innings at the gabba.

But he has been given too many chances in tests.

Meanwhile foakes has scored 75 vs Aus A. Butler has definitely robbed atleast 20 tests off foakes. Foakes deserves the same long run that butler had.

Both butler and bairstow should retire from tests. eng need to change most of the batting order and not bring back proven failures
 
sindhiboy said:
I can understand why butler was picked as he has the potential to score big in australian conditions, he looked solid in his first innings at the gabba.

But he has been given too many chances in tests.

Meanwhile foakes has scored 75 vs Aus A. Butler has definitely robbed atleast 20 tests off foakes. Foakes deserves the same long run that butler had.

Both butler and bairstow should retire from tests. eng need to change most of the batting order and not bring back proven failures
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Sorry but buttler got no potential to score in Aus because his feet hardly move. He only uses his hands to play through the line which works well only on flat pitches in limited overs.
 
Scoring a duck can happen to anyone. But the way he was batting, it looked inevitable he will loose his wicket early.
The only area where he could have score runs was down to third man or over the slip cordon.

Never was a very good test cricketer. England needs to move on.
Bairstow is much much better.
 
Dropped Smith off Broad this session, reckon his mind is scrambled now. It's likely to be his last Test barring a miracle with the bat in the last innings.

Edit: Just caught a screamer off Smith down the leg-side, roller-coaster ride continues.
 
James said:
Bairstow is awful as well, just a different kind of awful to Buttler.
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I think Bairstow kept wickets for England for nearly 40 test matches, didn't he?
Didn't hear much complains back then, also he is definitely a better batsman than Foakes.
 
This thread is an example of people getting excited on T20 batting displays and extrapolating that to tests.

Buttler is a good LOI player, even in ODIs he is good but no where near great. He is not a great by any means, the word great is loosely thrown around these days after every T20 innings of 80 runs.

Test cricket he doesn't even deserve a place.
 
Buttler is a big player. Even when he is going through a rut, he is viewed as a threat by the opposition because he is capable. He can produce a big performance on any given day.

He will always be respected by the opposition. Foakes is a sound keeper but he is a small player. He will never be able to build the reputation that Buttler has.

Not a single bowling attack in the world, irrespective of the format, would prefer to bowl to Buttler over Foakes. This is why England continues to persist with him.

Nevertheless, considered the state of England’s batting at the moment, one could argue that Buttler should be played as a specialist batsman.
 
In test cricket hes awful Hes probably got the worse batting stats of all the major keepers in intnl cricket and his keeping is the same

He will either retire from tests by the end of this series or be dropped
 
Mamoon said:
Buttler is a big player. Even when he is going through a rut, he is viewed as a threat by the opposition because he is capable. He can produce a big performance on any given day.

He will always be respected by the opposition. Foakes is a sound keeper but he is a small player. He will never be able to build the reputation that Buttler has.

Not a single bowling attack in the world, irrespective of the format, would prefer to bowl to Buttler over Foakes. This is why England continues to persist with him.

Nevertheless, considered the state of England’s batting at the moment, one could argue that Buttler should be played as a specialist batsman.
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Agree mate. He should play at no 4. Afterall he is as good as Ab
 
Sad way to go...

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Good knock. But needs to back this up with some more meaningful knocks. I think he is liking the Australian conditions but there is that extra pressure on him due to keeping gloves.

Should play as specialist batsman. An average of 33 is good as per England's current standard.
 
mediocre test batsmen, all the hype purely comes from him being a top class white ball player. In test cricket your technical and mental ability is test more and all we see if flash in pan knocks followed by mediocre rubbish. playing purely as a test batsmen aint going to make no difference, he will just be the best of a mediocre bunch in batting line up a side from Root and Malan.
 
Ab Fan said:
Good knock. But needs to back this up with some more meaningful knocks. I think he is liking the Australian conditions but there is that extra pressure on him due to keeping gloves.

Should play as specialist batsman. An average of 33 is good as per England's current standard.
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He has done for 25 tests, while Bairstow kept wicket. He did very little.
 
Jos Buttler getting some stick.

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Nick Compton believes Bairstow, who missed selection for the opening two Tests, is just the right man to come back into the side.

Bairstow, who made the 2016 ICC Test team of the year, averages just over 33 but previously averaged well into the 40s.

Ever since Buttler became a regular in the Test side in 2018 though, the runs have dried up for Bairstow who has not averaged more than 31 since the end of 2017.

“Jonny Bairstow, he’s a fighter and I think England need a bit of that fighting quality and experience, someone who is capable in the middle-order,” Compton said.

“There’s been a lot of criticism about Jonny of late, but in my opinion the introduction of Jos Buttler is when everything, if you look at his stats, that’s when everything ruined him. He’s a sensitive character and England should have known that and when he was batting at seven and keeping for England he was the world’s best Test wicketkeeper.”

Compton believes it comes down squarely to playing two wicketkeepers in the side.

“Jonny’s a complicated character,” he said. “I’ve played with and against him for years and years, I’d say he’s a good friend of mine, but he does take himself quite seriously and he’s a very intense character. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think as soon as Jos Buttler came in, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist, the threat system would have been up. He should have just been left alone. He was averaging 40 plus and doing pretty well.

“Deep down when Jos came in they started to manufacture the order and Jonny went up the order and started batting in different positions to get Jos in and that affected him. There’s no doubt about that.

“It’s an experiment that has given Jos a lot but I don’t think it’s given English Test cricket much.

“It’s all going to go full circle again. Jonny will end up being wicketkeeper and batting again, and I think this four-year experiment has been a waste of time.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...h/news-story/6e1be0a681bed0e056d7f8b35e70dda5
 
Buttler in Test cricket is really on his last legs now.
 
MenInG said:
Jos Buttler getting some stick.

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Nick Compton believes Bairstow, who missed selection for the opening two Tests, is just the right man to come back into the side.

Bairstow, who made the 2016 ICC Test team of the year, averages just over 33 but previously averaged well into the 40s.

Ever since Buttler became a regular in the Test side in 2018 though, the runs have dried up for Bairstow who has not averaged more than 31 since the end of 2017.

“Jonny Bairstow, he’s a fighter and I think England need a bit of that fighting quality and experience, someone who is capable in the middle-order,” Compton said.

“There’s been a lot of criticism about Jonny of late, but in my opinion the introduction of Jos Buttler is when everything, if you look at his stats, that’s when everything ruined him. He’s a sensitive character and England should have known that and when he was batting at seven and keeping for England he was the world’s best Test wicketkeeper.”

Compton believes it comes down squarely to playing two wicketkeepers in the side.

“Jonny’s a complicated character,” he said. “I’ve played with and against him for years and years, I’d say he’s a good friend of mine, but he does take himself quite seriously and he’s a very intense character. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think as soon as Jos Buttler came in, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist, the threat system would have been up. He should have just been left alone. He was averaging 40 plus and doing pretty well.

“Deep down when Jos came in they started to manufacture the order and Jonny went up the order and started batting in different positions to get Jos in and that affected him. There’s no doubt about that.

“It’s an experiment that has given Jos a lot but I don’t think it’s given English Test cricket much.

“It’s all going to go full circle again. Jonny will end up being wicketkeeper and batting again, and I think this four-year experiment has been a waste of time.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...h/news-story/6e1be0a681bed0e056d7f8b35e70dda5
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Drop them both and pick Foakes.
 
For WI —

Bairstow might be able to just hang on by a thread as a batsman, depending on what happens. I would boot him out of Tests for good though, along with Buttler.

Foakes to come in definitely.
 
Amjid Javed said:
mediocre test batsmen, all the hype purely comes from him being a top class white ball player. In test cricket your technical and mental ability is test more and all we see if flash in pan knocks followed by mediocre rubbish. playing purely as a test batsmen aint going to make no difference, he will just be the best of a mediocre bunch in batting line up a side from Root and Malan.
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Todays brainless shot just proves my point even more so. simply not good enough for test cricket.
 
Once Root is relieved of his duties of the captaincy then youl see the domino effect with some players. Buttler, bairstow are hanging on because of Roots continues backing.
 
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Once Root is relieved of his duties of the captaincy then youl see the domino effect with some players. Buttler, bairstow are hanging on because of Roots continues backing.
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Agree. There is a face fits, backing mates culture.
 
Cricket at the elite level is 95% mental and only 5% physical as most athletes are pretty close to each other in physical cricketing skills (a few exceptions always exist). Test cricket is the prime example of a format that exacts an extreme toll on the mental level and hence players should balance their mental load properly. These are the teams that he should play against in test cricket (in terms of descending order)

1. Pakistan
2. Ireland
3. Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Afghanistan
4. West Indies (ideally should skip them too but Caribbean islands are a favorite destination for many in England because of the weather and beaches)

He shouldn't play test cricket against other countries for his own good. He's a bully who likes to attack and the teams mentioned above are mentally weak and the moment you attack them, they lose their marbles. The other teams that push him back make it difficult for him and he gets out because of the lack of technique for the longer format.

He's a white ball legend and will get to play in a couple of leagues for the foreseeable future, no need to put the body and mind through the rigors of test cricket against stronger teams and risk mental and physical fatigue that may shorten his white ball career.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Cricket at the elite level is 95% mental and only 5% physical as most athletes are pretty close to each other in physical cricketing skills (a few exceptions always exist). Test cricket is the prime example of a format that exacts an extreme toll on the mental level and hence players should balance their mental load properly. These are the teams that he should play against in test cricket (in terms of descending order)

1. Pakistan
2. Ireland
3. Sri Lanka / Bangladesh / Afghanistan
4. West Indies (ideally should skip them too but Caribbean islands are a favorite destination for many in England because of the weather and beaches)

He shouldn't play test cricket against other countries for his own good. He's a bully who likes to attack and the teams mentioned above are mentally weak and the moment you attack them, they lose their marbles. The other teams that push him back make it difficult for him and he gets out because of the lack of technique for the longer format.

He's a white ball legend and will get to play in a couple of leagues for the foreseeable future, no need to put the body and mind through the rigors of test cricket against stronger teams and risk mental and physical fatigue that may shorten his white ball career.
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Apart from that one match winning against Pakistan in tests, I do not remember him being that great against them in tests.
 
PakPremi said:
Apart from that one match winning against Pakistan in tests, I do not remember him being that great against them in tests.
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He has 80 something average against Pakistan in England and Wales.
 
From News24:

Jos Buttler insists he is committed to a future in Test cricket and is not planning to give up on the format after the disappointment of the Ashes.

Buttler has averaged just 19.20 with the bat, culminating in a dreadful dismissal in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, and has dropped several catches behind the stumps, including a shocker in Adelaide.

That stands in stark contrast to his thrilling displays in the recent Twenty20 World Cup, where he smashed Australia for 71 not out in just 32 balls and followed up with an unbeaten century against Sri Lanka.

England could make the decision for him after 56 often frustrating appearances punctuated by a few reminders of his ball-striking brilliance, with Surrey's Ben Foakes waiting in the wings.

But Buttler has no intention of jumping ship to become a full-time white-ball specialist.

Speaking ahead of the New Year Test in Sydney, which begins on Wednesday, Buttler restated his commitment to all three formats.

"I have fantastic family support – they're very supportive of me and my career and make a lot of sacrifices for that. That's one thing that gives you a lot of motivation and drive to try to make it all worth it. It's certainly maintained my drive and ambition to try and play.”

Asked if he also hoped to be picked for the West Indies series in March, England's first chance to put their Ashes woes behind them, he said: "Yes, I hope so."

Buttler was widely criticised for his decision to aim a wild shot at Nathan Lyon in the final over before tea at the MCG, arguably the worst among a handful of self-inflicted errors in England's first innings.

It is an example of the kind of fearless aggression that makes him such a destructive prospect in the T20 arena, but was hopelessly misjudged in the context of the match.

"I think in hindsight, just before a tea break is obviously a poor time to get out, but I wanted to be attacking and positive in that innings," he said.

"Mid-on and mid-off were up. I saw that as an opportunity to score, I didn't execute that. That's all it is. I think you have to be able to (move on) as an international player, both when you've done well and poorly.

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Glad to hear joss being very committed to the England cause in the test format. However I really hope it's time Ben Foakes gets a good stint in the test team for the upcoming tour of the Windies and the home series during our summer.
 
England need to move on from Buttler and Bairstow in tests and look to invest time in new players. Leave them to just play white ball cricket.
 
I don't really see how Buttler retains his spot for the tour to the West Indies, the bigger concern is that he's relapsed into old bad habits and losing concentration behind the stumps. The dropped catch off Labuschagne at the Adelaide Oval is unforgiveable for a keeper at Test level.
 
Apart from his terrible batting he is horrible in wicketkeeping department the guy can't catch anything he loses the game with gloves.
He should be dropped for his awful wicketkeeping let alone batting.

Ben foakes is a very very good wicketkeeper and his batting is better than overrated butler.

Butler has only one innings to show in his test resume.He is a very very mediocre test player.
 
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler will miss the final Ashes Test after suffering a finger injury during the drawn fourth Test in Sydney.

The 31-year-old was struck while keeping and will now fly home.

England have added Kent's Sam Billings to their squad, and he is set to make his Test debut in the day-night match in Hobart, starting on Friday.

Billings made a 500-mile drive from the Gold Coast to Sydney in order to link up with the England squad.

England also have doubts over all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has a side strain, and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow after he was struck on the right thumb while make a century in the first innings.

All three men batted on Sunday as England clung on nine wickets down to keep the series at 3-0 and avoid a clean sweep.

Buttler, who has played 57 Tests, fractured his left index finger during Australia's first innings and with Bairstow also injured, Ollie Pope took the gloves in the hosts' second innings.

Although he was out for a duck in England's first innings, Buttler faced 38 balls for 11 runs during 45 minutes at the crease in Sunday's second-innings rearguard.

Captain Joe Root said Buttler, 31, had suffered a "serious injury".

"For him to front up from the moment he took that knock shows how much he cares, how much it means to play in this team and play for England," added Root.

All-rounder Stokes suffered a left side strain while bowling in Australia's first innings and played no further part with the ball, though he did make a half-century in each innings with the bat.

Bairstow was hit by Pat Cummins on the way to making 113 in the first innings and followed up with 41 in the second.

Both players will travel with the squad to Hobart, where they will be assessed before the team is named.
 
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Shouldn't Butler be playing for Lancashire and trying to sort out his game so he can make a come back into the test team?
Such a waste of talent and I honestly believe he could have been a good test captain.
 
IMMY69 said:
Shouldn't Butler be playing for Lancashire and trying to sort out his game so he can make a come back into the test team?
Such a waste of talent and I honestly believe he could have been a good test captain.
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I would say he has played his last Test, and that he may well have been privately told this.
 
James said:
I would say he has played his last Test, and that he may well have been privately told this.
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It was just two years ago when he smashed a century and took England to victory on a seaming and spinning track against Pakistan.

I think his priorities are wrong.
 
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