{"id":25054,"date":"2026-02-25T13:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25054"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:21:25","slug":"t20-world-cup-jos-buttlers-form-a-problem-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=25054","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler&#8217;s form a problem for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The most drastic option also appears the least likely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Buttler, who signed a new two-year central contract last year, has been a mainstay of England&#8217;s white-ball teams for more than a decade. Could they really leave him out entirely for a World Cup semi-final?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That encounter may be at Mumbai&#8217;s Wankhede Stadium, where Buttler has made scores of 94 not out, 89 and 116 in the IPL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ben Duckett is the spare batter in England&#8217;s squad &#8211; another man struggling for form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Duckett is averaging 18.88 across 12 matches this winter across all formats and was out for a first-ball duck in his most recent innings at the start of the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leg-spinning all-rounder Rehan Ahmed would be a left-field replacement. That would be a massive call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Perhaps Friday&#8217;s match against New Zealand, effectively a dead rubber for England given they are already through, is the perfect, pressure-free opportunity for Buttler to help make the hierarchy&#8217;s decision an easy one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Who is writing Jos Buttler off?,&#8221; said former England spinner Alex Hartley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If you are, get a grip. He is one of those players where it takes one shot crunched through the covers and he will be back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It would be a worry if England were not winning games. I have no doubt when push comes to shove Jos Buttler will be OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#T20 #World #Cup #Jos #Buttlers #form #problem #England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most drastic option also a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}