In a time when many players vie for a single spot in team, England don't hesitate to play two wicketkeeper-batsmen in Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. It is Buttler's extraordinary batting skills that made his team afford an extra batsman with keeping gloves. In a short span of time, Somerset-born Buttler has become the most prominent T20 player in the history of England cricket. In 2014, he thrice scored then fastest ODI centuries by an England batsman. His thrilling knocks came against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan at Lord's, Edgbaston and Dubai respectively. Buttler debuted in T20Is in August 2011, against India at Manchester, while his first ODI match came against England at Colombo in October 2018. He had to wait for his maiden Test, which he played against India at Southampton in July 2014.
Read MoreENG vs PAK, 1st T20I: Jos Buttler remains unsure of active participation. Buttler is currently nursing a calf injury and looking at the whirlwind of T20Is in the lead-up to the World Cup, Buttler will not risk himself.
PAK vs ENG, T20I series: Jos Buttler is nursing a calf injury that might keep him entirely out of the series. Buttler feels that Pakistan is a strong side and his side is treating it as an important series before they head to the all-important T20 World Cup.
The final ODI will take place in Leeds on Sunday. South Africa won the first match by 62 runs at Durham on Tuesday, when England allrounder Ben Stokes made his final ODI appearance.
With a new captain in Jos Buttler and a new white-ball coach Matthew Motts, the English outfit has a lot of planning to do and they will want to identify their mistakes and work towards them before they take the field against India for the second ODI
Jos Buttler was appointed as England's new white-ball captain on Thursday and took immediate charge of the Twenty20 and one-day international cricket teams.
As far as England's current tour to Netherlands is concerned, captain Morgan finished with no runs and two dismissals from the eight balls he faced. Lately Morgan has been plagued with some fitness related issues and this is making matters even more worse for him to justify his place in the star-studded English eleven.
He smashed 863 runs in 17 matches with an average of 57.53
Jos Buttler put on an instant classic vs RCB at the Narendra Modi Stadium as he brought up his 4th century of the season and finished with 106 of 60 deliveries.
Buttler has now scored 566 runs in 9 matches with 3 fifties and 3 hundreds against his name.
Jos Buttler slammed the KKR bowlers all over the park as he raced away to his second hundred of the season. He finished with 103 runs off 61 deliveries.
Buttler, who hit 11 fours and five sixes, in his 68-ball innings was severe on MI attack save Bumrah, whose 3 for 17 was largely the reason for MI being able to restrict Royals to sub-200 score which looked imminent at one point.
England team management said after the dramatic finish to the fourth test that saw the tourists cling on for a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
England skipper Eoin Morgan says explosive batter Jos Buttler is one of the few T20 players who are taking the modern game to next level with their exceptional skills.
The England and India players were supposed to fly into UAE from Manchester together in a bubble to bubble transfer but COVID-19 cases in the visitors' camp forced IPL teams to make their own arrangements.
Fresh concerns arose when the Indian team's junior physio Yogesh Parmar tested positive for the virus on the eve of the match, resulting in the cancellation of the side's practice session.
The fifth Test between England and India will be played at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester from September 10.
The final Test of the five-Test series will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
Buttler is re-joining the squad after missing the fourth Test following the birth of his second child, Margot.
Moeen's elevation comes after Jos Buttler was given a paternity break due to the impending arrival of his second child.
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler might skip the Ashes tour scheduled for the end of the year over concerns about taking his family along due to Australia's coronavirus restrictions.
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