Buttler endured a difficult tournament, scoring only 87 runs across eight innings.
Buttler hoped that the T20 World Cup semi-final loss to India won’t be the end of his international career, while also acknowledging that there are no guarantees for his selection in England’s next white-ball assignment in July.
Buttler endured a difficult tournament, scoring only 87 runs across eight innings at an average of 10.87. He has hit just one half-century in his last four ICC events.
Despite the poor form, the 35-year-old remained hopeful about participating in England’s home summer, which includes five T20Is and three ODIs against India.
“I hope so. I don’t know. Obviously, I had a poor tournament, which is disappointing, but I’ve been playing some of the best cricket of my (career) in recent years, so hopefully I can get back to playing my best. I certainly have ambitions (to continue playing for England) but no longer being a captain, I’m not a selector and whatever, so what will be will be. Yeah, we will see," Buttler was quoted as saying on his podcast ‘For the Love of Cricket’.
Following the disappointing World Cup campaign, Jos Buttler took a complete break from cricket and spent a week with his family in France to mentally reset.
“I couldn’t have been further away from cricket, which for me at the time was just perfect. It’s exactly what I needed. Obviously the tournament didn’t go personally how I’d have liked it to go, and I just felt like I needed some space from cricket and not to think about the game, and I could not have been further away from cricket where I was in that week," Buttler stated.
“It was really refreshing – I really enjoyed it, a complete sort of release. And slowly but surely, I’d say at the start of this week, (I am) just starting to reflect a bit and have a few thoughts about what’s important to me and my cricket, and why it probably didn’t go quite as I would’ve liked. There’s elements (to what went wrong) that I actually don’t really know exactly. For all your best intentions and hard work and efforts to perform, it just didn’t work, and sometimes that’s okay as well. That’s something I’ve had to realise. It wasn’t for a lack of effort. It just didn’t quite happen," he added.
Buttler also commended England’s management, defending the team environment created by Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum, and acknowledged India as 'worthy winners' of the event.
“Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum had created a fantastic environment at the World Cup. India were a serious team and worthy winners," Buttler said.