Captain is not one for rabble-rousing but has led his team to T20 World Cup final with rigorous planning and smart intuition
England’s advance to the T20 World Cup final is evidence that in an era of data-driven decisions, when eagle-eyed analysts search for even the most distant statistical advantage, there is still a place for simple intuition. And that Jos Buttler’s tends to be on point.
“You can look at numbers till the cows come home really, in this day and age,” England’s captain says. “But I think ‘the feel’ on the day is a really important part of it.”
Written by Simon Burnton in Melbourne
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/12/jos-buttler-england-captain-t20-world-cup-final under the title “‘When he speaks, people listen’: Jos Buttler in calm command of England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.