Jos Buttler´s batting struggles demand a rethink from England | Chris Stocks
(The Guardian Sports News)

The multi-talented player has a lot to offer his country - but recent form with the bat shows he is not cut out for Test cricketA rand for Jos Buttler´s thoughts as Mark Wood and Stuart Broad were clouting South Africa´s bowlers around Johannesburg? The invigorating final-wicket stand of 82 contained the kind of pyrotechnics we have become accustomed to from Buttler in white-ball cricket. Cross formats, though, and England´s Test wicketkeeper looks as sorry as a soggy Catherine wheel.It was not always this way; Buttler was deemed a triumph of a selection after he received an unexpected Test recall in May 2018. That pick, a ballsy initial calculation by the national selector, Ed Smith, in his first summer in the job, was followed by a good series against India as a specialist No 7 batsman. Continue reading...