Jos Buttler’s poor kind continued as England have been overwhelmed by 4 wickets within the first match of their ODI sequence towards the West Indies.
The England skipper did not make it into double figures after he was dismissed tamely by spinner Gudakesh Motie (2-49).
His outing lasted 13 deliveries as he scored the bottom whole of any England batter, with everybody besides Gus Atkinson (4) making it into double figures because the vacationers posted 325.
It was not sufficient for victory, although, due to a shocking Shai Hope century which noticed the West Indies dwelling with seven balls to spare.
“You at all times wish to play properly and it has been a short while since I’ve performed properly,” Buttler mentioned within the post-match interview.
“I just need to work hard and trust that it will come back.”
Buttler tried to reverse sweep spinner Motie however as a substitute gloved the ball to slide. The ball was taken by Alick Athanaze on the second try after he knocked it into the air.
Throughout England’s humbling World Cup marketing campaign, Buttler did not make a single half-century and averaged 15.33 within the 9 group-stage matches.
England’s openers Phil Salt (45) and Will Jacks (26) fared higher than Buttler in Antigua as they raced to 76-0 by the ninth over.
Buttler got here into the sequence off the again of a poor World Cup
Reflecting on this effort, Buttler mentioned: “I thought it was a fantastic batting effort by us. They [Salt and Jacks] set the tone at the top. The West Indies pegged us back a bit in the middle phase but it was fantastic effort to get to that score and it needed a fantastic innings to chase it down.
“Unbelievable recreation of cricket. A number of credit score goes to Shai Hope and his team-mates. They performed rather well on the again finish to chase these runs down.
“Credit to Shai and Romario (Shepherd). It was some fantastic hitting. We will learn a lot from that.”
Despite their defeat, Buttler remained positive about the overall performance of the team.
England’s leg-spin bowler Rehan Ahmed (2-40) was the pick of the attack after he took important wickets at key points in the game, trapping Athanaze (66) lbw and having Sherfane Rutherford (six) caught at deep midwicket.
“There was a unbelievable effort and credit score to Hope and Shepherd with the sixes. I believed Rehan Ahmed was unbelievable together with his leg spin-bowling.
“A lot of good stuff in the game, we did things well and we can do things better.”
Hope: I at all times again myself to win from any place
West Indies skipper Hope struck a magical 109 not out to place his aspect 1-0 up within the three-match sequence.
“It was for a winning cause and that’s all we play for. My aim is to win games and I always back myself to win from any position,” Hope mentioned, chatting with TNT Sports activities.
“Shepherd was amazing, he always is. He’s one of those guys you can depend on and great at this level.
“We’re beginning the sequence on a excessive. The purpose is to repeat this within the subsequent match.”
Hope reached his 16th ODI hundred, his first against England, and hit four boundaries and seven sixes during his outing.
“I believed England’s openers performed properly, each time we’d play off the road they might hit the ball away to the boundary. The quicker we be taught, the quicker we’ll enhance,” Hope added.
“There have been a couple of dropped catches too so if we wish to be the most effective crew on the planet, we’ve to play our greatest. I am pleased with the win and with the crew.
“It’s nice to see Alick Athanaze getting runs too. We want consistency, not just a one off.
“I am pleased with the fellows and hopefully we are able to proceed this.”
What’s next?
The series stays in Antigua for the second ODI, taking place on Wednesday at the same venue (5.30pm start), before the third and final ODI is played in Barbados on Saturday (5.30pm start).
A five-match T20 series then begins in Barbados on December 12, with two games in Grenada (December 14 and 16) and two more in Trinidad and Tobago (December 19 and 21). Watch all the most effective reside sport and extra with NOW.
