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The Sylhet captain led from the front, finishing with his maiden five-wicket haul, and ensuring that the team’s play-off hopes remained alive

The Report by Sreshth Shah03-Dec-2017
Scorecard and ball-by-ball updatesNasir Hossain roars after taking a wicket•Raton Gomes/BCB

Sylhet Sixers kept their hopes of qualifying into the playoffs as they walloped Chittagong Vikings by ten wickets in Dhaka. Chittagong were bowled out for 67 – the lowest total of BPL 2017 and joint fourth-lowest of all time – and Sylhet cruised to victory with 53 balls to spare. It was the largest margin of victory – in terms of balls remaining – this season.Nasir Hossain, the captain, took his maiden T20 five-wicket haul, and he was assisted by the spin duo of Nabil Samad (3 for 7) and Sharifullah (2 for 32) as Chittagong were bowled out in the 12th over of their innings.Nasir’s double strikeAs Sylhet displayed in their wicket-less chase, the pitch was not a difficult one to bat on. But Chittagong were adamant about being over-aggressive and paid a steep price for it. Luke Ronchi started the game off with a first-ball six off Nasir, but the Sylhet captain bowled his opposite number the very next ball. Four deliveries later, Soumya Sarkar, the other opener, checked his drive to a ball that held up after pitching, handing Nasir the easiest of catches. At the end of the first over, Chittagong’s score read 7 for 2.Nasir continued to chip away at the wickets, by bowling slow and maintaining a tight line. In his second over, he had the dangerous-looking Luis Reece lbw for 12. In this third, he trapped Tanbir Hayder plumb lbw with an arm ball. And in his last over, Nasir got one to bounce a little more than Stiaan van Zyl expected, forcing the batsman to mis-hit to midwicket. By the time Nasir bowled himself out, Chittagong were 45 for 6.The Nabil, Sharifullah assist Nasir may have finished with five wickets to his name, but Sylhet’s other two spinners played important roles as well. They kept a check on Chittagong’s scoring from the other end and took five wickets of their own. Their seven overs cost only 30 runs and ensured there wasn’t a last-minute rearguard.Fletcher, Rizwan make it look easyThe fact that there were no demons in the pitch was made amply clear when the Sylhet openers Andre Fletcher and Mohammad Rizwan cut, swept and pulled their way to an unbeaten partnership of 68 in 67 balls with ten fours and a six.

Former spearhead Glenn McGrath, however, prefers that Australia play the left-arm quick only if he is “100% fit”

Daniel Brettig in Sydney02-Jan-20181:11

‘Play Starc only if 100% fit’ – McGrath

A recovering Mitchell Starc is a strong chance to return to Australia’s team for the fifth Ashes Test at the SCG, though he would be doing so over the objections of the former spearhead Glenn McGrath, who believes the left-arm quick should only resume bowling when he is “100% fit”.Having failed to recover from a bruised heel in time to take part in the Boxing Day Test, Starc bowled off his full run for about 30 minutes in the SCG nets on Tuesday, and is clearly eager to front up on his home ground alongside fellow New South Welshmen Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon. The captain Steven Smith, meanwhile, took a rare day off the nets due to some back soreness but is expected to be fine to play.

SCG Pink Test marks 10 seasons

When Glenn and Jane McGrath founded a breast cancer charity in 2005, they intended to raise awareness about the affliction and also to help ensure sufferers were afforded as much support as possible. The first “pink” day three of the SCG Test followed, and in 2018 the Jane McGrath foundation marks 10 years of that day.
“Great to be back here and to think 10 years have gone by is amazing,” McGrath said. “The SCG was my home ground, my favourite cricket ground in the world, so anytime I get to come out here is pretty amazing. But to be the Sydney Pink Test as we call it now makes it that much more special and for 10 years to have gone past is incredible – each year it seems to get bigger and bigger. The way the cricket community has got together and supported the foundation is amazing, I think we’ve got 119 McGrath breast care nurses, supporting more than 160,000 individuals and families going through breast cancer.”
The foundation’s fundraising goal for this match is A$1.3 million equivalent to the employment of 10 full-time breast care nurses over 12 months, who can provide support for 1000 individuals. This year’s events will also feature a “pink picnic” at the Sydney Football Stadium for those unable to get into the SCG, with the cricket to be played on a big screen, and pink picnic rugs and a hampers provided.

With nearly two months between this match and the first of Australia’s tour of South Africa, Starc has the opportunity for a break in between, even if he is named in the squad for the ODI series against England. The announced is due on Wednesday. McGrath, who was famously averse to any sort of resting or management during his long and durable career, said he would prefer to see Australia be cautious with Starc, given the niggardly nature of heel injuries and the looming South African assignment.”You want him playing but you want him at 100% and you want to make sure next series he’s ready to go at 100%, so if Starcy’s not 100% I’d be tempted to rest him, unfortunately for the Sydney public,” McGrath said. “They want to see him performing on his home ground and he wants to be out there as well, but you’ve got to think ‘ok, South Africa’s important’, so we’ll wait and see.”As a player you want to play every game, you really only think about the next game and do whatever you can to get through it. When you’ve got important series, South Africa coming up, Australia have won this series here, he’s such an integral part of the Australian line-up. I think they missed him in Melbourne more so bowling to the tail, because the pace and the lengths he bowls, he can clean up a tail pretty quickly.”The SCG strip, part of a natural wicket block as opposed to the MCG’s drop-in surface, is another factor for the selectors, as its extra live grass may be more helpful to Jackson Bird, who had little joy when replacing Starc in Melbourne. How much the wicket is shaved and whether it dries out much more ahead of Thursday’s coin toss will also determine whether Ashton Agar becomes a serious chance to join Lyon in a dual spin attack.Cummins, who is expected to play his first Test on his home ground, said Starc’s heel was showing good signs in that it had not worsened at all since the first time the left-armer experienced pain, as opposed to the more serious ailment Cummins had suffered during his 2011 Test debut in Johannesburg. But he agreed that it would not be wise to risk Starc’s ability to take part in South Africa.1:34

Starc confident he’s going to play – Cummins

“I’d say that [South Africa] is probably the big concern. If it was really bad that’s I guess what would keep him out,” Cummins said. “But it’s different to me. He can walk around. Each time I kind of bowled a spell it got worse and worse. The way he was saying, it was almost worse in the first innings and stayed the same for the whole Perth match.”And the last couple of weeks it’s definitely got a lot better. So it’s definitely different to what I had. By the end of my match, or even the first innings, I could hardly walk. It’s like anything. It’s a bruise. If you keep smashing it, it will get bigger and bigger. But he says it’s in a good spot now. I think if he doesn’t think he can get through this match he wouldn’t play but we’ll find out in the next couple of days.”Starc joined Cummins, Hazlewood, Bird, Smith and his deputy David Warner for a conference in the middle of the SCG before training, in which the subject up for discussion was swinging the ball. Both conventional and reverse swing are likely to factor in Sydney, and Cummins said the assistant coach David Saker had been at pains to discuss taking care of the ball to ensure it would be capable of doing both.”We were actually just talking about swinging the ball and the keys,” Cummins said. “Obviously for bowlers our major tool is the ball, batters the bat. It’s about getting our message the same, which side to shine. It’s kind of sometimes a decision of ‘when do we start shining it one side or the other to get it reversing’ and things like that. I thought both teams did it pretty well in Melbourne.”He also assuaged concerns that the Australians needed Starc to be playing in order to take 20 wickets. “We’ve seen Birdy out the back there he’s bowled beautifully on this wicket and all season in the Shield and taken lots of wickets,” Cummins said. “So I think he’ll fit in pretty seamlessly and here at the SCG. Hopefully there’s a bit more spin for Gazza [Lyon] and we saw how important the first couple of games were when the ball spun, how damaging he can be.”I think we’ll be fine, we’ve got Mitch Marsh in as well. The good thing about our group at the moment is we can all get up for a big spell and it feels like anyone can bowl that big spell that can crack a game open. It doesn’t feel like there’s one spearhead.”For his part, McGrath said he was not in favour of allowing fielding teams more latitude in terms of deliberate bounce throws to encourage greater reverse swing, a practice both teams were warned about by the umpires at the MCG. “You try to look after the ball and get it swinging on pitches like in [Melbourne] where there’s nothing happening,” he said.”Sometimes in India where the pitches are quite flat. But I think conditions in India are a little more abrasive anyway. Not sure how I feel about that. If that [bounce throwing] happens naturally fair enough, but if it’s intentionally throwing it in the deck any chance they get, I think there is a bit of a line there.”

The schedule for the CPL has been selected to avoid matches coinciding with West Indies’ international games, allowing marquee players to submit their names for this year’s draft

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2018A window for the sixth edition of the Caribbean Premier League has been finalised, with the tournament to take place between August 8 and September 16. The schedule for the CPL has been set to avoid matches coinciding with West Indies’ international games, allowing marquee players to submit their names for this year’s draft.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Speaking at the announcement, CPL’s chief operating officer Pete Russell said, “The Hero CPL is now the start of our domestic season and we are delighted that we have found a window when all of the best cricketers from the Caribbean will be available to take part. We are sure that 2018 will be the biggest season yet.”The opening games of the CPL, which comprises six teams, will take place in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.The window for the CPL will, however, clash with the Natwest T20 Blast, England’s domestic T20 tournament, which will run from July till September.

After having lost to the hosts in the tournament opener, India face a side that have come into this series a little bruised

The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando07-Mar-2018

Big Picture

Almost everyone remembers Bangladesh-India match. World T20, 2016, Bangladesh need two runs from three balls to knock out the hosts. Instead, a senior batsman allows his emotions to get the better of him, and India pounce to claim a heart-stopping one-run victory.Two years later, Bangladesh players are still asked questions about this match. Have the wounds from that game healed? Will the World T20 clash play on their minds if they find themselves in a similar situation? Perhaps they have the skill, but do they possess the nerve to overcome this opponent?It does not help that even without some of their most formidable T20 players, India appear the more confident side. Though defeated by the hosts on Tuesday, they have a powerful top order, and a promising attack – even if it is a little short on experience.Bangladesh have the raw materials in place, but following a poor home series against Sri Lanka, they have come into this series a little bruised. Without Shakib Al Hasan in the top order, they are not producing runs as consistently as they have done over the past two years, and their bowling appears a little light – particularly as Mustafizur Rahman’s efficiency has recently waned.They do, however, have one thing this Indian side does not have – a win on Sri Lankan soil, on this trip. A comprehensive victory in their practice match in Colombo on Tuesday will have helped repair some of the damage sustained in their most-recent series. Whether that is sufficient to put them on even terms with India, remains to be seen.

Form guide

BangladeshLLLLW (completed matches, most recent first)
India LWLWWAssociated Press

In the spotlight

Shikhar Dhawan came into the tournament with good T20 form, and on Tuesday hit a 49-ball 90 – his highest score in the format. Although he was by far India’s highest scorer, his innings was not without a little luck. He was often awkward against the short ball, top edging no fewer than three for six. If he shows a similar vulnerability on Thursday, in Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladesh do possess the quicks that could exploit it.If there is anyone who must exorcise the memory of Bangalore, it is Mushfiqur Rahim who had the game in hand, but then celebrated too early, and ushered in Bangladesh’s failure. With Shakib now out of the side, there is also the added pressure of being one of the few senior men left in the middle order. He arrives with a little form behind him, but should India take early wickets, Mushfiqur’s ability to handle the occasion may prove crucial to the outcome.

Team news

Bangladesh could opt for Nurul Hasan ahead of Sabbir Rahman, while Mehidy Hasan could be picked ahead of a seamer, for his batting. Ariful Haque and Soumya Sarkar are seam-bowling options, if they opt for only two frontline pace bowlers.Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Liton Das, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Mahmudullah (capt.), 6 Ariful Haque, 7 Nurul Hasan, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Nazmul Hossain 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur RahmanIndia may think about fielding seamer Mohammed Siraj in place of Shardul Thakur, who was expensive on Monday. Otherwise, they may remain unchanged – though it is also possible that KL Rahul could enter the top order.India (possible): 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma (capt.), 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Rishabh Pant, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Vijay Shankar, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Pitch and conditions

A standard Khettarama pitch is expected – half decent for batting, but a little on the slow side. It is possible – but not likely – that an evening thunderstorm will blow through.

Stats and trivia

• Bangladesh have lost all five T20s they have played against India.
• India have not lost two T20s in a row since 2016. They have played 19 completed T20s since then.
• Shikhar Dhawan’s 90 on Tuesday is the second-highest T20 score at Khettarama, after Luke Wright’s 99 not out against Afghanistan in 2012.

Quotes

“The Bangalore match was over that day. Accidents occur in cricket. There’s no point sitting with it. It is better to learn from it though.”

Atapattu will take over the captaincy from Inoka Ranaweera for the upcoming home ODIs against Pakistan

Madushka Balasuriya 19-Mar-2018Chamari Atapattu, fresh from her excursion in the Women’s Big Bash League in Australia, will take over the captaincy from Inoka Ranaweera for Sri Lanka in the upcoming home series against Pakistan. Nipuni Hansika was named vice-captain.All eyes will be on 17-year old Kavisha Dilhari, who was discovered through an island-wide talent hunt. Dilhari was recently described by Sri Lanka’s high performance manager Simon Willis – who was a part of the talent search team – as a “very competitive beast,” having been playing cricket domestically since she was 15 years of age.”She came to some trials I was at and showed great potential. She showed great maturity for someone her age. Even in match situations she’s a very competitive beast,” he told ESPNcricinfo.”Hence, why we’ve given her the opportunity here. We believe she’s someone we need to back and give the experience and play alongside fantastic players like her captain. And learn from her.”Dilhari is among four changes to the squad from the one that toured the West Indies late last year, with Chamari Polgampola, Sugandika Kumari and Inoshi Fernando the other additions. Making way are Chandima Gunaratne, Hansima Karunaratne, Yashoda Mendis, and Udeshika Prabodhani.Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and three T20Is. All three ODIs will take place in Dambulla on March 20, 22, and 24, and will count for the ICC Women’s Championship. The T20 series will shift the action to Colombo with the first match taking place at the SSC on the 28th, the second at the NCC on 30th, and the final game back at the SSC on the 31st.Sri Lanka and Pakistan have played three matches each in the current cycle of the ICC Women’s Championship. Sri Lanka are placed at the bottom – the only team without a win yet – while Pakistan are sixth with one win to their name.Sri Lanka ODI squad: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Prasadani Weerakkody, Dilani Manodara, Nipuni Hansika, Hasini Perera, Rebecca Vandort, Chamari Polgampola, Shashikala Siriwardena, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasooriya, Sripali Weerakkody, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Fernando, Kavishka Dilhani

Medium pacer Yeasin Arafat became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take an eight-wicket haul in List-A cricket as Gazi Group Cricketers cantered to an eight-wicket win against DPL table-toppers Abahani Limited

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Mar-2018Medium pacer Yeasin Arafat became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take an eight-wicket haul in List-A cricket. Arafat’s incredible figures of 8 for 40 helped Gazi Group Cricketers canter to an eight-wicket win against Dhaka Premier League table-toppers Abahani Limited at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium.Playing only his third List-A game, Yeasin rocked Abahani in the third over by removing Saif Hassan and Nazmul Hossain Shanto in the space of three deliveries. He did an encore in his next over, producing another double-strike to dismiss Nasir Hossain and Mosaddek Hossain within three balls. By now, Abahani had slipped to 12 for 5, with Anamul Haque perishing to Tipu Sultan in between the two overs.Mohammad Mithun counter-attacked with 40 as Abahani recovered to 65, but Sultan got his wicket too. Arafat then returned for his second spell, and there was no let-up in intensity, as he took out Mashrafe Mortaza, Sunzamul Islam and Ariful Islam, all in the 23rd over.His eighth wicket arrived in the form of last man Manan Sharma, who had already top-scored with 46, in the 27th over, as Abahani were bowled out for 113. Arafat’s eight-for is the first in List-A matches since 2010, when West Indies A’s Kevin Stoute took 8 for 52 against Lancashire.Having earned the right to do so, Arafat then put his feet up as Jahurul Islam shepherded the chase with an unbeaten 52 off 78 balls. He lost Mahedi Hasan and Mominul Haque early, but Fawad Alam joined him to help complete the chase in 29.5 overs. The pair added 93 runs for the unbroken third-wicket stand.The win also lifted Gazi Group from the DPL’s relegation zone – occupied by the bottom three teams – as they now have 10 points after 10 games.

ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2018Mark Wood has been released by Chennai Super Kings after playing just one match in this season’s IPL, and will return to Durham to prepare for the Test series against Pakistan, which gets underway at Lord’s on May 24.Wood, who was picked up by CSK for GBP166,000 in the IPL auction, made his debut against Mumbai Indians in this year’s tournament opener at the Wankhede Stadium, but didn’t pick up a wicket in conceding 49 runs.He is now set to be made available to Durham in their Specsavers County Championship match against Derbyshire this week, as he looks to cement the Test place that he reclaimed during the recent tour of New Zealand.”The decision has been made for me to return home to England to prepare for the English summer,” Wood wrote in a post on Instagram. “Having worked so hard to get back into the test team, and because I’m not currently not in the CSK side, I am coming home to play for Durham to hopefully put my name in the hat for Test match selection.”Ben Stokes, who is playing for Rajasthan Royals, and the Bangalore Royal Challengers duo of Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali are also set to return to England in the coming days to prepare for the Pakistan Test series.

Denly collected 4 for 56 with his burgeoning legspinners to restrict Glamorgan to 274 then picked up his bat to hit an unbeaten 150 from 143 balls

ECB Reporters Network25-May-2018
ScorecardKent’s acting captain Joe Denly starred with ball and then bat to help Spitfires open their Royal London Cup win account with a four-wicket victory over Glamorgan with 11 balls to spare in Canterbury.Denly collected 4 for 56 with his burgeoning legspinners to restrict Glamorgan to 274 then picked up his bat to hit an unbeaten 150 from 143 balls, Kent’s highest individual score in 50-over cricket beating Darren Stevens’ 147 last season, to ease his team to their first south group success from three starts.Kent had made a miserable start in their pursuit of Glamorgan’s par-for-the-course total at an asking rate of 5.5 an over and soon lost Daniel Bell-Drummond, given leg before to Ruaidhri Smith – though the disgruntled batsman marched off inspecting his bat’s inside edge.After limping to 39 for 1 in the Powerplay, Kent lost opener Zak Crawley, who aimed to pull a good-length ball from Smith only to be bowled by via the bottom edge.No sooner had Spitfires posted their 100 when Heino Kuhn ran himself out. Heslipped over when backing up and was sent packing by Graham Wagg, the bowler, who struck with a direct hit to the non-striker’s end.Wagg’s cunning slower-ball enticed Sean Dickson to steer a catch to cover point, bringing in left-handed Alex Blake to form a match-defining fifth-wicket partnership in tandem with Denly.The pair added 88 in 12 overs with Denly as the major aggressor. Having picked up ducks in his first two RLODC innings of the summer, Denly cantered to a 105-ball century, reaching three figures with a six over midwicket against spinner Andrew Salter to go with is 13 boundaries.Blake’s 37-ball contribution worth 41 ended when he flashed hard against Timm van der Gugten to be caught behind, then, with 21 needed Darren Stevens was next to be hoodwinked by Wagg’s slower, off-cutter that pegged back off stump.Denly stood firm throughout, steering his side over the win line with his 19th boundary to beat his previous List A record score of 115 set against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 2009.Fielding first after winning the toss, Kent’s leading wicket-taker Matt Henry nipped one back up the St Lawrence slope to trap Aneurin Donald leg before, but otherwise Kent’s new-ball bowlers struggled to contain Nick Selman, who unfurled a series of crisp drives that helped Glamorgan reach 47 for 1 at the end of their Powerplay.Kent’s first-change pairing of Stevens and Calum Haggett combined to stem the flow of boundaries, but Selman continued to manoeuvre the ball around nicely on the way to his maiden List A half-century from 66 balls and with six fours.With the field spread, Glamorgan’s Australian second-wicket pair of Selman and Shaun Marsh found boundaries harder to come by and were content to nudge and nurdle to rotate the strike in taking their side to 114 for 1 at the innings mid-point.The introduction of Denly’s legspin urged Marsh to try and move up a gear but, with his score on 45, the left-hander drilled to long-on where Henry parried the ball before diving from behind the rope to complete the catch and end a stand worth 102 in 23 overs.Colin Ingram upped the tempo with a six off Mitch Claydon that sailed onto a balcony of a retirement apartment, but Denly won Kent’s revenge, having the Glamorgan dangerman caught on the deep mid-wicket boundary.Henry pocketed another fine catch in the deep, running around at long-off to take a David Lloyd skier off Denly, then Claydon returned to clip Selman’s off stump with an off cutter with the right-hander eight short of his first List A ton.Denly bamboozled Chris Cooke with a shooting top-spinner, Salter lost leg stump heaving across the line to Claydon, Henry had Smith caught at extra cover, van de Gugten edged behind to give the Claydon a flattering third and Wagg holed out to cow corner off the deserving Haggett.

A clash with the Test schedule was expected to rule players out of the new tournament but ESPNcricinfo understands space will be made

George Dobell14-Jul-2018Leading England players look likely to be available to play in some games in English domestic cricket’s new tournament The 100.There had been fears that England’s best-known players – the likes of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Joe Root – would be unavailable for the ECB’s flagship new tournament as they were likely to be on duty with the Test team.But ESPNcricinfo understands that, such is the desire of all involved to find some space in the busy schedule, they are likely to be available for the first couple of games in the tournament’s first year – 2020 – and the final.That is a significant boost for the ECB. They had previously faced the prospect of either not being able to use the players for marketing purposes or being accused of cynicism if they used them in the knowledge they would not be available. While they have long stated the aim of the competition is to attract a new audience to the sport, the availability of the best – and probably best-known – players can only be an advantage.Details of plans for The 100 remain unclear. The ECB hopes that a new working party – chaired by Clare Connor, the director of England Women’s cricket, and meeting for the first time in Loughborough next week – will be able to finalise them in the coming weeks. Among the issues to be discussed is how the 100-ball innings can be divided into overs without complication and in a way that is acceptable to players. The possibility of a 10-ball over appears to have diminished following player resistance.It is understood, however, the group will only consider proposals built on the 100-ball principle. So while the Professional Cricketers’ Association maintain their hope that the new tournament could be played in the T20 format, it seems a majority of the counties and the ECB executive are adamant it should not.

England’s top-scorer in a first innings that was blown away insisted the team will “dust themselves down” after a “very poor day”

Melinda Farrell at Trent Bridge19-Aug-20181:17

Time for England to eradicate collapses – Buttler

Jos Buttler was at a loss to explain yet another batting collapse after a dismal day for England at Trent Bridge. England were bowled out in the space of a session – after a promising start by Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings, losing all ten wickets between lunch and tea in conditions that favoured the swing of Hardik Pandya, in particular.Buttler’s swashbuckling 39 off 32 deliveries, as he farmed the strike with James Anderson for a 33-run tenth-wicket partnership, staved off the spectre of a follow-on but that was of little comfort as England saw the match slip away from them as quickly as the wickets tumbled.”We’ve had a poor day today, very disappointing, but we’ll dust ourselves down and come back hard tomorrow,” Buttler said. “It’s important we can recognise why it’s happened and improve.”When we’ve got that momentum, when we’ve been bowling, it felt like we were going to take a wicket every ball.”It comes down to how can you wrestle back the initiative – maybe with a counter-attacking style or someone trying to sit in and be a bit of a limpet for an hour and ride that session out. But obviously we weren’t good enough to do that today.”But while Buttler praised the work ethic of his team he was unable to explain the cause of England’s frequent collapses: the folding of England’s top order has become a far too familiar sight and in the past two years they have been bowled out in a session on three occasions – Mirpur, Auckland and now Trent Bridge.”It comes down to the guys working hard, being disciplined, practice, all of the above,” Buttler said. “Rightly, people say it’s been happening too often – which it has. Guys have got to improve. We know that as a side – to get to where we want to go, we need to eradicate these collapses.”The key is trying not to make the same mistakes. You can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again, whether that’s as an individual or as a team. If there’s an obvious weakness as an individual, you need to work on it – or as a team, is there a similar thing we need to make sure it’s not happening?”There’s no magic answer, I don’t think, apart from hard work.While Buttler admitted there were robust and “honest conversations” within the dressing room, he described the atmosphere as “fantastic”, despite the recurring collapses.”The group gel well together, there’s a real good feel about it. We’re not getting the results but it’s not for a lack of trying.”Experience tells you there is no magic key to getting things right. Nobody’s perfect and there’s human error – we’ve got to be better. Everyone is striving to be the best they can, it’s not for a lack of trying. We’ve played some very good cricket during this series, we are 2-0 up, we’ve had a very bad day but we will come back hard. We will keep fighting.”