Jos Buttler Aims for England Comeback

Buttler refuses to rule out England future

Jos Buttler insists his England career isn't over despite 'poor' T20 World Cup performance. England batsman hopes break in France will help him bounce back from disappointing World Cup.

Buttler to play IPL with Gujarat Titans, eyes England return...

Jos Buttler isn't ready to hang up his England boots just yet, despite admitting he had a “poor tournament” at the T20 World Cup. The talented batsman managed just 87 runs in eight innings as England crashed out in the semis to India.

Buttler's struggles have sparked doubts about his future in the England setup, but he's keeping his options open. As one of the best white-ball batsmen of his generation, he's not ruling out another shot at international glory. 

Buttler was brutally honest about his performance, admitting he had a poor tournament. “Obviously I had a poor tournament, which is disappointing,” he said on the For the Love of Cricket podcast with Stuart Broad. He's staying real about his game, and it's clear he's not satisfied.

“But I have been playing some of the best cricket of my (career) in recent years, so hopefully I can get back to playing my best.

“I certainly have ambitions (to play for England again), but no longer being a captain, I am not a selector and whatever, so what will be, will be.”

The 35-year-old is gearing up for the IPL with Gujarat Titans and is hoping a break in the French mountains with his family will help him recharge his batteries. Sounds like he's planning to come back strong.

“I couldn't have been further away from cricket, which for me at the time was just perfect,” said Buttler. “It is exactly what I needed.”

“Obviously the tournament didn't go personally how I would have liked it to go, and I just felt like I needed some space from cricket and not to think about the game, and I could not have been further away from cricket where I was in that week.”

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Buttler, a member of England's 2019 one-day international World Cup-winning team and also the skipper for their T20 triumph in Australia three years later, added: “It was really refreshing - I really enjoyed it, a complete sort of release, and slowly but surely, I would say at the start of this week, (I am) just starting to reflect a bit and have a few thoughts about what is important to me and my cricket, and why it probably didn't go quite as I would've liked.

“There's elements that I actually don't really know exactly. For all your best intentions and hard work and efforts to perform, it just didn't work, and sometimes that is OK as well.

“That is something I have had to realise. It wasn’t for a lack of effort, it just didn't quite happen.”