The England bowlers bowled pretty well in the match against India which was played at the Ekana Sports City, Lucknow as they managed to restrict the Indian cricket team at the score of 229/9 in their stipulated 50 overs but the England batters once again failed in performing well and they lost the match by 100 runs.
The England skipper Jos Buttler was also very upset with the performance of his batters and this is what he said during the post-match presentation, “Very disappointed. At the halfway stage, chasing 230, we would have fancied ourselves. Same old story. Very disappointed. I wasn’t sure about the dew, the gut feel said we should chase.”
However, Jos Buttler was full of praise for his bowlers as he stated, “That’s as good as we’ve been with the ball throughout the tournament. We created good pressure, we bowled well, took wickets. If you said we are chasing 230, we would have been happy with that.”
Talking about his own innings, Jos Buttler stated, “Personally, I wanted to try and soak some pressure up, come through that phase and then build a partnership and sort of kill the momentum that India had. It’s about committing and executing your skill. Chasing 230, there wasn’t scoreboard pressure. It’s about trying to come through that phase. We are just falling short whichever way we are doing it at the minute. Our answers on a postcard, I think. Some top players and we are a long way short of our best.”
Jos Buttler and the England team are certainly having a tough time.
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