{"id":298451,"date":"2023-12-05T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298451"},"modified":"2023-12-05T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:24:23","slug":"harry-brook-backs-england-captain-jos-buttler-to-end-his-batting-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/harry-brook-backs-england-captain-jos-buttler-to-end-his-batting-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Brook backs England captain Jos Buttler to end his batting slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Harry Brook backs captain Jos Buttler to end his batting slump as England seek to avoid a 12th ODI defeat this year against West Indies<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Captain Jos Buttler has scored just 78 runs in his last eight innings for England\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Harry Brook hit 71 off 72 balls as England were beaten by West Indies on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The second ODI takes place at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harry Brook is backing Jos Buttler to clamber out of his winter batting slump and avert another crisis developing for England\u2019s one-day side.<\/p>\n<p>After failing to defend a 326-run target in the first match of this tour, Buttler\u2019s side return to the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Wednesday in the knowledge that defeat would not only see them concede the series to opponents that failed to qualify for this year\u2019s World Cup but also take their number of losses for 2023 to 12, as many as they suffered in the three previous calendar years combined.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies\u2019 four-wicket win last Sunday was the 17th setback in 29 completed matches since Buttler took the armband from Eoin Morgan 18 months ago, while another failure to get into double figures took his paltry recent tally of runs to 78 in eight innings.<\/p>\n<p>However, Brook countered: \u2018I didn\u2019t really experience what the culture was like when Morgs was captain, but I think this side has got a lot of confidence still. We\u2019ve got some unbelievable players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019ve got a younger squad this trip now, but we\u2019ve still got a leader who\u2019s potentially England\u2019s best ever white-ball player. Obviously, he\u2019s gone through a bit of a lean patch recently but as we see with so many of the great players I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll come straight out of that and will be scoring runs freely soon.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/20\/78612735-0-Harry_Brook_hit_71_off_72_balls_as_England_were_beaten_by_West_I-m-49_1701807053825.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Brook hit 71 off 72 balls as England were beaten by West Indies in\u00a0Antigua on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/20\/78613037-0-image-a-39_1701806627480.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Captain\u00a0Jos Buttler (above) has scored just\u00a078 runs in his last eight innings for\u00a0England<\/p>\n<h3>PROBABLE TEAMS<\/h3>\n<p><span>England:<\/span> Salt, Jacks, Crawley, Duckett, Brook, Buttler (capt,wkt), Livingstone, Curran, Carse, Ahmed, Atkinson<\/p>\n<p><span>West Indies<\/span>: Athanaze, King, Carty, Hope (capt, wkt), Hetmyer, Rutherford, Shepherd, Cariah, Joseph, Motie, Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Brook did exactly that in the opening match, hitting 71 off 72 balls, after analysing the gameplans of India\u2019s Virat Kohli and Heinrich Klaasen, of South Africa, at the recent World Cup and trying to amalgamating elements of both into his own batting style.<\/p>\n<p>The Yorkshire batter got the tempo just about right, but rued being dismissed nine overs from the end, saying: \u2018I felt like I was sat up on the balcony watching for about three hours after that. There&#8217;s so much more time in an innings than you actually think.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Game two of three, a day-nighter, will be played on a fresh pitch, after West Indies defied the slow nature of the first by completing their second highest chase in ODIs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It most definitely gives us confidence for the rest of the series. The way we started with the bat &#8211; putting on 100 without loss &#8211; is a statement,\u2019 said Windies captain Shai Hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018To see the guys come out with intent like that, I see progress, but we need to repeat it next time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/20\/78613791-12829315-image-a-3_1701807801228.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England must now prepare for their upcoming day-nighter and overcoming the West Indies on a fresh pitch<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12829315\/Harry-Brook-backs-captain-Jos-Buttler-end-batting-slump-England-seek-avoid-12th-ODI-defeat-year-against-West-Indies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Brook backs captain Jos Buttler to end his batting slump as England seek to avoid a 12th ODI defeat this year against West Indies Captain Jos Buttler has scored just 78 runs in his last eight innings for England\u00a0 Harry Brook hit 71 off 72 balls as England were beaten by West Indies on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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