Jos Buttler Post Match Statement on Lose vs SL in WC 2023
Jos Buttler on Lose vs Sri Lanka: In the match against England, Sri Lanka won unilaterally by eight wickets. This is England’s fourth defeat in five matches, before this England had to suffer a major upset at the hands of Afghanistan. Batting first, the England team was out for 156 runs in 33.2 overs. Sri Lanka left no stone unturned in making the match one side by scoring 160 runs for two wickets in 25.4 overs. Nissanka scored unbeaten 77 runs on 83 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes. Samarawickrama played an unbeaten inning of 65 runs on 54 balls which included seven fours and one six. Both of them made an unbroken partnership of 137 runs for the third wicket.
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Butler said after the defeat
“It’s hard to believe. As a captain you feel it a lot. Disappointed with ourselves and our players that we haven’t done our best. We’ve fallen far short of our best. There are a lot of experienced cricketers in the room. You don’t become a bad team overnight. That’s the disappointment. We have been short of our best so far and there is no particular reason for that.”
“Selection is something you want to be consistent with. I can’t put my finger on it. Selection hasn’t been our problem. We’ve been behind our standards. Run outs at Root. You don’t see mistakes like that from our side.” We are not building partnerships. Not being able to do things well with both bat and ball is the biggest thing. We want to make a comeback by playing good cricket in the remaining matches. whatever will be will be.”
In its very first match of this World Cup, England had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand by a huge margin of 9 wickets. After that England won its second match against Bangladesh by 137 runs. In the third match, Afghanistan caused a big upset to England and defeated England by 69 runs. After that, in its fourth match, England had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa by a huge margin of 229 runs.
