Smash-hit Buttler has blast in nets
JOS BUTTLER says that experimenting in training has helped him become England’s most destructive white-ball batsman of all time.
He is still basking in the glory of a career-best 150 that set up a 29-run win in Wednesday’s fourth ODI against West Indies. And Buttler reflected how he’s able to clear the ropes from DEAN WILSON in St Lucia so often. The big-hitter, who smashed a record 12 maximums in Grenada to steer England into a 2-1 series lead ahead of tomorrow’s final game in St Lucia, said: “Hitting those sixes is a culmination of everything.
“It’s a lot of practice and the real fun of the game isn’t always out in the middle. The exploration in the nets, thinking about things, watching lots of cricket, seeing how other guys do stuff and trying to take it into games.
“What I really enjoy about the game is that innovation – powerhitting or whatever it is. Trying to move it forward.
“Death hitting, I feel, is a swing of the bat, a path of the bat and I think maybe it’s just the word I use but there’s definitely time when I say my swing feels ‘off’.
“I guess it does feel like a golf swing in the way you time it and all the things that go into it are very similar.
“It’s just the way I view the game and the way I get the best out of how I see hitting the ball as hard as I can.
“Everyone does it differently but that’s how I do it.”