Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:17 am
I was reading Buttler's
interview on cricinfo he does come across as being full of it.
Then the little interplay between Buttler and Bairstow winking at each other when hitting sixes also tends to reinforce that impression.
I'm expecting SL to give England a bit of a shock shortly, if England fail to show them any respect.
I'm not confident enough to put money on it, but, as I say: we shall see.
Be sure to let us know exactly when you think England aren't showing them respect and what they should be doing instead.
No idea what you're talking about re: winking at each other, though it must be truly dreadful for players to <checks notes> enjoy batting together. Thanks for that article, Buttler comes across very well in all of his quotes:
"It was a fantastic team performance," Buttler said, after a bowling display led by Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan had limited Australia to a sub-par total of 125. "Early wickets in the powerplay really set us on our way and it was great fun to chase those runs down.
"We didn't have any scoreboard pressure. 'Just keep imposing ourselves on the opposition' is the way we've championed trying to play. We don't try and play it safe. So if we talk that way, we have to go out and play that way as well."
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"I think you get quite inspired by Jason at the other end when he is running down first ball against Hazlewood and running down against Cummins," he said. "These are top bowlers and the way he can impose himself inspires at the other end. When you get to the last over of the powerplay none down, it felt like an over to really throw caution to the wind and just go for it.
"Once you get in that hitting mode, it is [about] just allowing yourself to keep going. Sometimes you think 'I'll rein it back in a little bit', but then you catch yourself half-hearted. So especially with the position we were in, in the game, it was more 'I'm just gonna keep going'. And keep trying to take advantage of being in a good zone."
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"The mental side of things is something I try to work on a lot," he said. "Some of the practice wickets have been a bit tricky but [on Friday] I managed to have some great practice. It's nice to put your hands through a few again, have some fun and freedom.
"If you practise it, the confidence stays. Your adrenaline is going but you're trying to remain quite level in your brain and relaxed in the top half. When guys are bowling fast, you have that level of adrenaline."
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"We want to put the opposition under pressure in all facets of the game with bat, ball, in the field and the way we run as well," Buttler said. "I think we're an incredibly fit team. That gives us another dimension, especially on fields like this where there are bigger gaps at times and you can push twos. It's another area that we can push to try and play at the level we want to play."
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"That's obviously a while ago now but every time you come and play here, there are obviously great memories," he said. "We were in the same dressing-room as well on that day. It just has a nice feel about it, remembering that sort of day. So absolutely that gives you confidence to know you are coming back to a ground where you have probably played your best innings at."
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"The format doesn't allow much room for error so to be three from three - including wins against West Indies and Australia as well, no disrespect to Bangladesh - and to play as convincingly as we have has been awesome," he said. "The games we have played, we've pegged back the opposition really early. We have restricted teams to under-par scores, so I wouldn't say we've seen big benefits of batting second.
"As the tournament goes on and the wickets become more tired, maybe the advantage will swap to batting first," he added. "That is one challenge we are going to have to work out as a side. If we lose the toss or we choose to bat first, how are we going to approach our innings to get to a score that we think is defendable."
Just look at the searing arrogance of, erm, talking about trying to get on top of top class bowling, bigging up your teammate, trying to put the opposition under pressure, and the tactics of trying to ride the wave of being in the 'zone' as a big hitter.
But he does say the team is incredibly fit, the arrogant cunt.
