• Vice-captain offers helpful advice to officials over no-balls
Jos Buttler, who now speaks with the authority of an England vice-captain, was never going to take anything for granted at the close of play on Sunday even though four of the 10 Sri Lankan wickets required to win the final Test had already been taken. But he was happy to acknowledge that a whitewash “would be a fantastic achievement”.
“That’s been the focus of our side and we have stuck to everything we wanted to do and that means staying patient with the ball,” he said. “Winning three Test matches here would be a great step forward. Before the series Sri Lanka would have been the favourites after beating South Africa here.”
Written by Vic Marks at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/25/jos-buttler-patience-england-pursue-whitewash-test-cricket under the title “Jos Buttler a disciple of patience as England pursue series whitewash”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
