Last Updated on 4 weeks ago by Charbel Coorey
Former England captain and one of the best white-ball batters, Jos Buttler, has refused to have any intention of hanging up his boots in international cricket. The wicket-keeper batter managed only 87 runs in eight innings in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at an average of just 10.87, with his highest score being 26 runs.
On his podcast, Buttler accepted that he had a poor tournament, but he’s hopeful of regaining his form. He said, “I don’t know. Obviously I had a poor tournament, which is disappointing, but I’ve been playing some of the best cricket in recent years, so hopefully I can get back to playing my best.”
He continued that he certainly has ambitions to play for England, but he’s no longer the captain, and he’s not the selector, so what will be, will be. “Yeah, we’ll see,” he said.
The wicketkeeper batter said he ‘hopes’ to be in the English squad when India tours England for a 5-match T20I and a 3-match ODI series during the English summer.
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Buttler spends time in mountains in France away from cricket
The former English captain said he spent time away from cricket up in the mountains in France with his family.
He said, “I couldn’t have been further away from cricket, which for me at the time was just perfect. It’s exactly what I needed. Obviously the tournament didn’t go personally how I’d have liked it to go, and I just felt like I needed some space from cricket and not to think about the game, and I could not have been further away from cricket than I was in that week.”
He continued, “It was really refreshing – I really enjoyed it, a complete sort of release. And slowly but surely, I’d say at the start of this week, just starting to reflect a bit and having a few thoughts about what’s important to me and my cricket and why it probably didn’t go quite as I would’ve liked.”
On what went wrong in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 for him, he said that there are elements to it that he actually doesn’t really know. It just didn’t work out despite his best intentions, hard work, and efforts to perform.
Jos Buttler will now feature in the IPL as a part of the Gujarat Titans. He will be amongst the best players for the franchise and will hope to do well.
