Jos Buttler believes England are equipped to cope with “big expectations” and insisted their bold brand of white-ball cricket will continue long after his reign as captain has ended.
Named successor to Eoin Morgan last week, Buttler is set for his first assignment with three Twenty20s in the space of four days against India, starting on Thursday evening at the Ageas Bowl.
A quest to unify the limited-overs World Cups in Australia in the autumn should sharpen England’s focus but Buttler has plenty of confidence in the current 50-over champions despite Morgan’s absence.
Morgan was the architect of England’s transformation from no-hopers to trailblazers and Buttler, so integral to their uptick in fortunes, sees no point in diverting from that wildly successful formula. “There’s a really clear way we want to play our cricket and I think that will outlast me and everyone,” said Buttler. “It will be much of the same and, if anything, can we take that to new levels?