Jos Buttler praised Sam Curran as a character for the “crunch moments” after the all-rounder came within eight runs of steering England to what would have been a remarkable series-clinching win in the third and final one-day international against India in Pune. Curran, 22, came to the crease with England 168 for six and had the difficult job of marshalling the strike with England’s lower-order batsmen. He did so expertly, putting on 57 with Adil Rashid and 60 with Mark Wood en route to an ODI-best score of 95, eclipsing his previous best of 15 on his way to the joint-highest score by a No 8 in ODIs. SponsoredButtler said that the way Curran stuck to the plan of refusing singles under intense pressure was

Source: The Times March 28, 2021 22:52 UTC