Jos Buttler insists England shouldn’t be judged on ‘one-and-a-quarter video games’ as they appear to salvage their T20 World Cup marketing campaign

Jos Buttler has insisted England shouldn’t be judged on ‘one-and-a-quarter video games’ as they attempt to salvage their T20 World Cup marketing campaign this week.

Even victories over Oman tomorrow and Namibia on Saturday will not be sufficient if their internet run-rate continues to be inferior to Scotland’s — with the Scots having the benefit of going into their closing group sport, towards Australia figuring out what they might want to do to pip England to the Tremendous Eights.

And Buttler warned his crew to not fret about internet run-rate, however to focus on victory — even whereas admitting England had been maintaining a tally of a ‘few little bits’ of the maths.

‘I don’t assume it’s s*** or bust fairly but,’ he mentioned. ‘Initially, we have to win the sport towards Oman. If we will get ourselves able to impact our internet run-rate, that’s what we have to do.

‘There’s a realism that we’ve solely had one-and-a-quarter video games. It’s simple to say we’re in a troublesome place, however we haven’t performed hundreds. There’s nonetheless a number of confidence within the group. We see it as an opportunity to do one thing particular if we get it proper.’

Defeat to Australia has left England’s place within the competitors hanging within the steadiness