England captain Jos Buttler promised an intensive assessment will happen after his facet’s up-and-down T20 World Cup that ended with a semi-final thrashing at the fingers of India.
When England gained the match in 2022 they blitzed the identical opponents on the similar stage by 10 wickets in Adelaide, however this time the boot was on the opposite foot.
Chasing 172 on a troublesome batting pitch Buttler’s facet had been bundled out for 103, crashing to a 68-run loss to make sure they go away the Caribbean on the again of a bitter defeat.
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Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow had been out in fast succession in England’s chase of 172 in opposition to India.
Their efforts within the match have not less than been an enchancment on their earlier title defence, a depressing 50-over World Cup marketing campaign final yr that noticed them rack up six defeats from 9 video games, however there are nonetheless inquiries to reply.
Whereas England proved far an excessive amount of for affiliate nations Oman, Namibia and america, they stacked up poorly in opposition to their extra prestigious rivals, dropping to Australia, South Africa and India over the course of the match.
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Highlights of the T20 World Cup remaining semi-final between India and England in Guyana.
“We’ll assessment the whole lot and provide you with a plan, completely,” Buttler instructed reporters after his facet’s World Cup exit.
“It’s a must to assessment what we have to do higher as a workforce, if that’s the means we play, personnel, type of cricket.
“After a loss like that you’re prepared for a little bit of house to take it in and course of it so you possibly can assessment not simply this recreation however the previous couple of months.
“I believe there may be a number of expertise within the English recreation. It’s as much as us as an England workforce and nation to harness that expertise, develop and ensure we are able to proceed to have a great workforce shifting ahead. There’s a while between in the present day and the subsequent matches so we’ll see what occurs.”
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England lose their eighth wicket to sum up their calamitous innings as miscommunication between Liam Livingstone and Jofra Archer leads to a messy run out.
Within the quick time period, Buttler will head again house to spend time together with his household, significantly his new child third youngster who arrived shortly earlier than the match.
“To be trustworthy, I am simply wanting ahead to a while away from the sport,” he added.
“You’ll be able to sit right here and be emotional after a loss however I need not dive too deep into it proper now.
“I believe reaching a semi-final is an achievement however we wished to go all the best way. That is what we got here right here for. We performed nicely sufficient to get to this stage however sadly we have fallen quick.”
Watch the T20 World Cup remaining in Barbados from 3pm on Saturday (3.30pm first ball), reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket.