Jos Butler to open England T20 against Australia

Jos Buttler will open the batting against Australia in the Twenty20 opener at the Ageas Bowl. Watch the first T20 international between England and Australia, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 5.30pm on Friday


Eoin Morgan is delighted to be able to select some of England’s World Cup winners again but feels Australia are favourites to win the white-ball series which starts on Friday. Buttler is considered one of the great 'finishers' of the game in 50-over cricket, but has struck four of his eight T20 half-centuries in just nine innings as an opener.The first of three Twenty20 internationals takes place at the Ageas Bowl before both squads head to Emirates Old Trafford later this month for three one-dayers.Morgan says he will resume his role at the top of the order that has been his since the summer of 2018 in T20 cricket.

"We feel that Jason (Roy), Jonny and Jos are three of our greatest-ever white-ball players - unbelievable strikers of the ball, batsmen you do not want to bowl against - so if one out of the three of them gets going past the first six overs of the powerplay and into the middle overs, it puts us in a really strong position for the last 14",says Morgan, and Jos is at the higher order. Eoin Morgan quotes,“We don’t have to pick our best XI every series that we play because we can’t put all our eggs in one basket. We need 16 or 17 players in the lead up to World Cup selection all vying for selection.”

Friday could see seamer Archer pull on England’s white-ball colours for the first time since he helped secure World Cup glory at Lord’s in 2019.Due to his increased Test commitments, the paceman has not played for his country in T20 or one-day cricket since the clash with New Zealand last July. Morgan thinks he is one of the obvious match winners and they need to manage the level set by him.

"When you have a quality side, well the best in the world, chasing a small total and with how aggressive they are, you need early wickets and they blew us out of the water".

 

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