Ideas that end up with everyone catching salmonella, the house on fire and England 86 for eight on a nibbly green seamer. There is a degree of natural resistance to this, a sense that to pick Buttler is to devalue decisively the proving grounds of county cricket. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rajasthan Royals cricketer Jos Buttler plays an outrageous ramp shot to clear for six. Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFPThe real issue around Buttler’s career isn’t his ability to defend against the swinging ball. For an industry that spends a lot of time quivering and whining about what it doesn’t have, Buttler is the asset, the talent.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2018 16:52 UTC