Blow for England: Jos Buttler doubtful for Australia T20Is

England National Cricket Team have suffered a massive blow ahead of the white-ball series against the Australia National Cricket Team. As per the reports in ESPNCricinfo, it is learned that Jos Buttler is doubtful for the T20I series against the 2021 T20 World Cup winners.

Jos Buttler suffered a calf injury and was ruled out of the quarter-final of the T20 Blast for the Lancashire. This makes him doubtful for the T20I series against Australia National Cricket Team. However, the team management isn't concerned much about his injury ahead of the first match.

England National Cricket Team management is hopeful that Jos Buttler will be available for the team for the first T20I against Australia. The first match of the series between the teams will be played on September 11. The team reportedly will have two days of training and a clear picture of Buttler will come only after that.

If Jos Buttler gets ruled out of the T20I series against Australia National Cricket Team then there is no clarity on who will be leading the team in his absence. The team doesn't have an official vice-captain and Sam Curran and Phil Salt are the contenders to take over the role if the skipper misses the series.

The reports also claimed that Buttler won't be keeping in the T20I series against Australia National Cricket Team. Therefore there are chances that he might feature for the team in the series despite getting ruled out of the quarter-final of the T20 Blast for the Lancashire.

Buttler was last seen in the action during the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024. However, after that, he hasn't played a single game. He sustained a calf injury in July while preparing for the Hundred and was deemed unfit to play and hence was ruled out of the entire tournament.

Buttler was all set to make a return to cricket through the the quarter-final of T20 Blast after the period of rehabilitation. However, things got worse for him as he was deemed unfit to play even in the game for Lancashire in the domestic tournament in London.

Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein confirms Jos Buttler tweaked his calf injury

Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein said that Jos Buttler tweaked his calf injury and has been ruled out of the T20s for Lancashire. He while mentioning that keeper-batter was keen to play for the team said that he might even struggle to get fit for the international series. Speaking to BBC Radio, he explained:

"We've had some bad news on his recovery. He had an injury he was recovering from, and he's sort of tweaked it again. He's not only just out of our T20s, but I think he's even struggling to make the international ones. He was very keen to play for us."

England players Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, and Saqib Mahmood will be playing for Lancashire in the quarter-final. Jofra Archer is also expected to feature for Sussex, whose T20 side is captained by Tymal Mills.