T20 World Cup 2021: Patient and hopeful Dushmantha Chameera misses her length – Jos Buttler

England’s Man of the Moment Jos Buttler continued his rich vein as he scored his maiden T20I century against Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup Group 1 game in Sharjah. However, he played a brilliant knock against Australia, where he scored 71 off 30, this knock was quite the opposite of that one. It needed patience, gumption to flourish. Butler did the same.

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“I think it was important to be patient (when England lost early wickets), but I managed to partner with Morgan. I found it really tough at the beginning of the innings. There was a time when we were looking to reach the 120-run mark, but then we went ahead and scored 160-plus. I use the same bat, even in the nets,” he said in the post-match PC.

In response, Sri Lanka was in hot pursuit. They were at 129 for five in one leg, requiring 51 off 30. But then some brilliant fielding by Jason Roy on the boundary rope turned the game on its head. Sri Lanka lost four wickets for five runs and England ran out of the game. “We were under pressure for the long part of that chase, knowing that Moeen had to bowl that over (after Mills left the ground due to injury), so taking that wicket (Shanaka’s run-out) was crucial. was and I was happy with it. Just trying to guess where he (Chamira) is going to bowl. I was quite calm, I think I batted for a long time at that level, so it was important to be patient and hopefully he (Chamira) will remember his (length/yorker).”