The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)

Buttler servesup bestof whathe missed

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England wicketkeep­er Jos Buttler admits he has missed playing Twenty20 cricket and revealed the recent success of his England team-mates helped to drive him on in a great performanc­e in the second internatio­nal with Australia.

The wicketkeep­er carried his bat to score 77 not out.

That secured a 2- 0 series victory for Eoin Morgan’s side after they successful­ly chased down 158 at the Ageas Bowl arena in Southampto­n.

It was Buttler ’ s highest internatio­nal score in the sprint format.

His performanc­e backed up an impressive summer of Test cricket in which he hit 152 against Pakistan in addition to a couple of half-centuries after calls for him to be dropped from the side.

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