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Following his side's four-wicket loss to West Indies in the first ODI, England skipper Jos Buttler admitted that it has been a while since he has played well as a batter, but needs to work hard and trust that his form will be back. West Indies created history at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday as they registered a thrilling four-wicket victory over England in the first ODI of their three-game series, with skipper Shai Hope emerging as a hero with his 16th ODI century."You always want to play well and it's been a little while since I have played well," Buttler said in the post-match interview as quoted by Sky Sports."I just need to work hard and trust that it will come back," he added.In the last 10 innings in ODIs, Buttler has managed just 141 runs at an average of 14.10, with bes...

England captain Jos Buttler pressed that he would use England's 2023 World Cup debacle to motivate him for the rest of his career, but he insisted the humiliating campaign doesn't define him as a person or his entire career. England's title defence was a disaster, with Buttler failing to score a single fifty and averaging 15.33 in nine group-stage matches as his form entirely left him. Buttler is back on the road, trying to clear the slate as he heads a new-look England side on a white-ball tour of the West Indies, beginning with the first of three one-day internationals on Sunday in Antigua.Buttler and head coach Matthew Mott took lots of flak for placing seventh out of ten teams in the subcontinent."Having good people around you, people who are close to you, that keeps some perspectiv...