T20 Tri-Series: Jos Butler Says England are Determined to Make it to the Finals

England was handed their second successive loss at the hands of Australia in the third T20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne.

Australia now has six points from three matches while England and New Zealand are yet to open their account.

England thrashed Australia 4-1 in the five-match ODI series after being humiliated in the Ashes. England was being considered as the favourites to win the T20 Tri-series, but a sudden transformation in the Australian limited-overs side has taken the English team by surprise.

England’s batting had failed miserably in the T20 series but England’s wicket-keeper batsman Jos Butler believes they are determined to bounce back in the second half of the series to be played in New Zealand.

England has a very strong limited-overs team, and is believed to be the favourites to win the 2019 World Cup.

However, they would be looking forward to coming out of this slump in form and get back to winning ways.

“The beauty of a tri-series is we still have a chance to make the final. It will be a nice change of scene in New Zealand. We haven’t showcased our ability as we can, and there are guys who are determined to come back strong. After a poor performance in Hobart, we were determined to show what we are capable of tonight, but we weren’t able to do that. We didn’t soak up the early pressure and lost wickets. The game plan was to back it up to the end and go well. I never got going, and we were never able to get to a defendable score,”

Butler was the top scorer for England in the third T20 with 46 runs after the top order failed to give a solid start once again in the series,

“Losing three early poles, I felt the best way was to then to take some balls and kick on at the end, but that never really happened. I struggled, I was trying hard, and it didn’t manage to work. I was hoping to be better than a run-a-ball with five overs to go and then really kick on, but it never happened. I’ll have to improve and look at where I went wrong.”

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