bigfluffylemon wrote:Jos
It's games like that that give some confidence that England can win the world cup. Sydney earlier in the year, the Oval and now this. They can win tight games.
Buttler's batting seems to have moved to another level this year. He was always destructive, but he's added a level of situational awareness. The temptation will be to wrap him in cotton wool now - he's going to be pivotal to our world cup chances.
The bowling does remain a bit of a concern, unfortunately.
It might not be the strongest Aussie side, but that's only the second 5-0 whitewash in England's favour in their ODI history - it just doesn't happen that often (and the other time was against Zimbabwe).
Indeed he does seem to have matured as a batsman... as we saw in the Pakistan Tests , perhaps. I was very doubtful about his Test recall but with this new-found steadiness...
Still reckon if he is playing as a specialist bat he should be in the top six , leaving JB1 at seven ; but that's another issue...
Fantastic effort in the this game , anyway. And kudos to Rashid too : did his vital "second" job , without which Jos would have been left high and dry. Easy to forget Rashid's batting prowess since he rarely gets to the crease for England these days