I Feel Like I'm Not Performing To The Standards I Need To: Jos Buttler

England surrendered themselves at the hands of South Africa by a margin of 107 runs in Centurion. Now, they are looking forward to starting the second Test match on a good note that begins from January 3 (Friday) at Newlands. Meanwhile, England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler has confessed that he is clearly not having his best time with the bat.

The explosive right-handed batsman who is working beyond the call of duty to get back to his best reckons that he is not really performing to the level he should be in the longest format of the game. He is also working on ways to improve so much so that he can come up with a positive approach in the games to come.

I am trying to improve my game: Jos Buttler

The experienced batsman has by far played 38 Tests for England national cricket team. He has been statistically very poor in numbers as he scored 2,046 runs at a sub-standard average of 33. In the year 2019, he has played 11 Test matches and has scored just 502 runs at 25.10.

To make things much worse, he scored a fifty only thrice, which pretty much sums up his current form in Tests. “I feel like I’m not quite performing to the standards I need to,” Jos Buttler was quoted as saying by ICC ahead of the New Year’s Test against South Africa.

“I’m trying to improve that and affect games in positive ways for England,” he added.

As Test cricket demands a lot of patience to shine in the longer run, Jos Buttler said he had tried hard to trust his defensive instinct for a longer period of time. “Since I’ve come back into Test cricket I’ve tried to trust my defense for longer periods of time. I’ve been able to do that on occasions. But (playing my natural game) is certainly something I’m trying to work out.

You can do a lot of work in the nets but I’m spending a lot of time thinking about the game when I’m in my room or trying to visualise things or work through them in my head. Moving forward I’ve got to play the situation, but I will try to be a bit more positive,” he added.

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