{"id":95934,"date":"2023-11-12T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95934"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:56:17","slug":"england-captain-jos-buttler-warns-there-will-be-a-huge-clearout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/sports-news\/england-captain-jos-buttler-warns-there-will-be-a-huge-clearout\/","title":{"rendered":"England captain Jos Buttler warns there will be a 'huge clearout'"},"content":{"rendered":"
England captain Jos Buttler was adamant that there will not be a \u2018huge clearout\u2019 with the England ODI side, after they finished their disastrous World Cup campaign with a win against Pakistan in Kolkata to secure qualification for the Champions Trophy.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s not going to be a drastic change of playing style like 2015,\u2019 said Buttler. \u2018We know where we need to go. That doesn\u2019t mean a huge clearout. It\u2019s just pushing on from here,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
Heavy changes are expected when England announce their white-ball squads on Sunday for their tour to West Indies next month but head coach Matthew Mott stressed that those changes were always going to happen, regardless of how the World Cup went, with the selectors seeing it as an opportunity to give younger and inexperienced players a chance.<\/p>\n
\u2018That was going to be the way – win, lose or draw. It\u2019s an opportunity to look slightly differently with a lot of cricket coming up for the red ball players too, said Mott.<\/p>\n
One player certain not to be on that trip is David Willey, who marked his final England appearance by taking three for 56 including his 100th ODI wicket and revealed his \u2018mixed\u2019 emotions after announcing his retirement while \u2018playing the best cricket of his career.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Jos Buttler insisted that England’s poor campaign does not necessarily mean there will be a ‘huge clearout’<\/p>\n
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David Willey, pictured left alongside Buttler, will retire after this World Cup campaign<\/p>\n
\u2018My time is done because I’ve called time on it but it is with deep regret. I think anybody looking in has probably looked at the way I’ve gone about my business and I\u2019m probably playing the best cricket of my career,\u2019 said Willey. \u2018I’m 33, as fit as I’ve ever been. So, one of the reasons that I wasn’t offered a contract was them going in a different direction after the World Cup, I don’t know why,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
And Willey admitted that the prospect of retirement had played on his mind from even before England headed out to India for the World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u2018If I’m being brutally honest, I wasn’t sure whether I was going to come to the World Cup even to the 11th hour when we joined up together at Lords. I still wasn’t sure whether I’d make the trip or not. From then on it was something that was on my mind, said Willey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018It’s not just that I haven’t been offered a contract.\u00a0It\u2019s how I feel valued as an England player when I look down the list of other guys that have got contracts. I’d spoken with my family, I’d spoken with Jos (Buttler), Motty (Mot) and then came to the decision that the time was right for me to call it a day and to make sure that I did enjoy my last few games of cricket because it’s special, wearing this shirt is special and I didn’t want to walk away with tainted memories of playing for my country.\u2019<\/p>\n
Willey finished the tournament with 11 wickets in his six games at an average of 23.54. Only Adil Rashid took more wickets than him for Buttler\u2019s side and Willey revealed that the situation with himself as the only member of England\u2019s World Cup to miss out on a contract motivated him after announcing his retirement midway through the tournament.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think Keysy (Rob Key) said ‘I hope you can prove me wrong’ so maybe I have done it over the last few games,\u2019 said Willey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People might have frowned upon the timing there, but for me personally there’s not many opportunities to walk away from cricket on your terms. I wanted to enjoy my last three games and not be looking over my shoulder thinking that one bad performance and I’d be out the side.\u2019<\/p>\n
Stokes has also hinted that he might re-retire from the one-day format. ‘The reason I stepped away was through workload,’ he said. ‘I’m Test captain and there’s a lot I want to do with that team. It’s something I’ll have to think about quite hard.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Matthew Mott’s side signed off with a win but endured a dreadful defence of their Cricket World Cup title\u00a0<\/p>\n