Jos Buttler is eager to play in England’s seven-match limited-overs series against Pakistan after missing the last two due to injury, but limited-overs coach Matthew Mott warned the team will not take any risks with the batsman this close to the T20 World Cup.
While recovering from a calf injury he got while playing in The Hundred, a team captained by Moeen Ali, Buttler has been sidelined from the series thus far.
From October 16 to November 13, Australia will host the World Cup.
“With regard to Jos (Buttler), he’s still a while off, he’s not a player we want to take a risk on at this stage, so close to the World Cup,” Mott told reporters. “It was a relatively major injury that he suffered.”
“So, he’s champing at the bit for a game, but we’ll just try and see how we go, and maybe in the last game or two we might give him a chance.”
With the fifth game scheduled for Lahore on Wednesday, the series is level at 2-2.
