- White-ball captain also a doubt for later ODI series
- Opener Phil Salt to lead England side in his absence
Jos Buttler’s bid to relaunch his captaincy of England’s white-ball teams has suffered a setback after he was ruled out of next week’s three-match T20I series against Australia with a recurrence of the calf injury that has derailed his summer.
Buttler, 33, has not played a competitive match since the failed T20 World Cup defence in June that cost Matthew Mott his job as head coach, having picked up the injury during a beach run on holiday. In his absence, and with previous vice-captain Moeen Ali now seemingly out of the picture, opener Phil Salt will lead the T20 team.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/05/jos-buttler-calf-injury-rules-him-out-england-t20i-series-australia-cricket
Author : Ali Martin
Publish date : 2024-09-05 08:30:02
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