"Doesn't Define Me As Person Or My Whole Career": Jos Buttler On England's World Cup Disappointment

02.12.2023 - 12:11 sports.ndtv.com

England captain Jos Buttler pressed that he would use England's 2023 World Cup debacle to motivate him for the rest of his career, but he insisted the humiliating campaign doesn't define him as a person or his entire career.

England's title defence was a disaster, with Buttler failing to score a single fifty and averaging 15.33 in nine group-stage matches as his form entirely left him.

Buttler is back on the road, trying to clear the slate as he heads a new-look England side on a white-ball tour of the West Indies, beginning with the first of three one-day internationals on Sunday in Antigua.

Buttler and head coach Matthew Mott took lots of flak for placing seventh out of ten teams in the subcontinent. "Having good people around you, people who are close to you, that keeps some perspective on life and on cricket.

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England coach Matthew Mott said test captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer will be given every chance to prove their fitness before next year's Twenty20 World Cup.

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West Indies will be up against England in the 4th T20I of England's tour of West Indies, 5 T20I Series 2023 on Wednesday, December 20 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad, West Indies. The match will start at 1:30 AM IST. In the third T20I, opener Phil Salt scored an unbeaten 56-ball 109 to secure a maiden T20I century, while a late contribution from young Harry Brook who scored 24 runs in the final over against Andre Russell in England's dramatic seven-wicket victory over the West Indies, keeping them in contention with a 2-1 scoreline in the five-match T20I series.

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Following England's seven-wicket win over West Indies in the third T20I match, skipper Jos Buttler said that it was great to keep the series alive. Speaking at the post-match presentation on Saturday, Buttler gave all the "credit" for the win to Philip Salt after his unbeaten 109-run knock during the run chase. He added that they tried a lot with the ball in the first inning. He also revealed that the wicket was tough for the spinners.

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"Not Ideal": England White-Ball Coach Matthew Mott After Loss Against West Indies In ODI Series

England head coach Matthew Mott has urged fans to be patient with England's new-look white-ball team, considering it is work in progress and stressing that they have had only three opportunities together to play as a group. A new-look, revamped England side succumbed to a four-wicket defeat to West Indies in the third and final ODI to lose the series 2-1 after a miserable ICC Cricket World Cup campaign, which saw the then-defending champions win only three matches out of nine and finish at seventh place.