Buttler was part of the side that won the 2019 World Cup.
Jos Buttler wants his England side to throw off the tag of ‘defending’ champions at the World Cup, insisting attack is the only thing on their mind in India.
“I don’t see us as defending champions. We’re not defending anything. I want us to attack so I don’t like the word defending,” he said. “It’s done. It’s about trying to create something new. We must be hungry to do it again and try to be focused on something different. Buttler was the man who applied the finishing touch that secured England’s first World Cup at Lord’s, completing the run out that separated the two teams on the now defunct boundary countback rule, before taking over as captain for last year’s T20 success in Australia.
“It’s a nice place to be as an English sports team that fans expect you to do well and we’ll try our best for the fans back home and those that make it out here. A raft of retirements at the end of the World Cup would hardly be a huge surprise ahead of a new four-year cycle.
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