Salt Replaces Buttler In T20Is vs Australia

In this article, we will have a look at the replacement done between Phil Salt and Jos Buttler.

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Phil Salt replaces Jos Buttler for T20Is : England is going to have a tour of white-ball cricket against Australia for three matches of T20Is and five matches of ODIs, starting on September 11th and ending on September 29th. Now England was being led by Jos Buttler for white ball cricket, and the last match he played was the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 on June 27th against India.

After that, Jos Buttler was particularly focused on playing the quarterfinals of the T20 vitality blast for Lancashire against Sussex on the night of Wednesday, but due to a calf injury, he will most probably miss the whole summer of cricket. When his news of injury got out through the squad announcement by Lancashire for the quarterfinals, their coach revealed that:

Salt Replaces Buttler In T20Is vs Australia

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“We’ve had some bad news on his recovery,” Benkenstein said. “He had an injury he was recovering from, and he’s sort of tweaked it again. He’s not only just out of our T20s, but I think he’s even struggling to make the international ones. He was very keen to play for us.”

Buttler’s replacement with Phil Salt

Salt Replaces Buttler In T20Is vs Australia

 

 

Now earlier in the Hundred League, Phil Salt deputised for Butller being the captain of the Manchester Originals. He is also up for taking on the role of wicketkeeper for the team, as he has already done that for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

For the upcoming T20 matches, Salt will lead the England cricket team, and for the ODI series further lined up, it is most likely to be captained by Harry Brook, who was a vice captain under Ollie Pope in the test match against Sri Lanka. The first ODI will be held on the 19th of September at Trent Bridge against Australia.

Salt Replaces Buttler In T20Is vs Australia

Jamie Overton, the all-rounder from Surrey, has gotten a call from the England team for playing the role of specialist batter in the T20 due to his fracture recovery from back stress. For the ODIs, Jordan Cox has been called up as a cover who was a part of the test squad.

England is hoping that Buttler can play in some of the ODI matches, but his injury is a problem because the team is trying to focus on younger players after doing poorly in the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup.

On the third of September, Brendon McCullum was named as the unified head coach of the England men’s cricket team for red and white ball. Matthew Mott was replaced by Brendon McCullum. McCullum’s first assignment will be with Team India in January 2025; meanwhile, for this series, Marcus Trescothick is going to be the interim coach for the ECB.

The Australia white ball series would have been a good chance for Jos Buttler to show what he can do after a couple of years of inconsistent performances. It’s crucially notable that this is his third calf injury in the past four years. He turned 34 on Sunday, and his future as captain and as an international cricketer might depend on stoppin wicketkeeping so that he can take better care of his body.

Have a look at England’s squads for the white ball series vs. Australia.

Salt Replaces Buttler In T20Is vs Australia

T20I SQUAD

 

Phil Salt (c), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Sagib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, John Turner

 

ODI SQUAD

 

Jos Buttler (c) , Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Josh Hull, Will Jacks, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Jamie Smith, Reece Topley, John Turner

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