JOS BUTTLER was the star of the show as England opened their white-ball summer with a crushing eight-wicket victory against Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens on Wednesday.
The tourists are missing a host of big name players on this tour, including Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal. And it showed as Eoin Morgan’s team cruised to a target of 130 with 17 balls to spare.
Buttler, revelling in his new opening role, shared an 80-run stand with Jason Roy for the first wicket inside the first nine overs of the chase but kicked on after his partner was bri...
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