England captain Jos Buttler has admitted that they are not used to struggling in the white-ball series as South Africa won the second T20I in Cardiff. Buttler also added that a win in the third T20I would be crucial for them as well. England faced to a 58-run loss in the second T20I in Cardiff as South Africa delivered an improved performance from their defeat in Bristol. They bowled the hosts out for 149, who were chasing a huge 208 as well, set up by Rilee Rossouw’s unbeaten 96 as well.

Speaking after the game, Jos Buttler said as quoted by BT Sport. “You want to win every series that you play and we haven’t won a series yet this summer. That’s something we’re not accustomed to as a group. But this is a start of a new cycle of a team. There’s been a few changes – a new captain and a coach, and I feel like that’s showing a little bit. We’re still working ourselves out and gelling as a group and we need to do that quickly. Winning this series would be great for that. We’re not afraid to lose, we don’t want to play safe.”

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Buttler, who succeeded the veteran Eoin Morgan as the limited-overs captain, has tasted only three wins this summer under his leadership. He was one of the many England batters in the second T20I against South Africa to get a good start but couldn’t convert.

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“I’d just remind him of all the good things he’s done, to trust himself even more. Every batter in the world goes through patches where you don’t hit the ball as sweetly as you like to. It’s easy when you score runs to say all the right things and take man of the match but it’s when you’re not quite clicking that you have to trust what you do. T20 cricket is brutal, it demands you keep taking risks and being brave. He must continue to do that. Jason is such an imposing figure, teams can be scared to bowl to him, so you just have to remind him of that stuff,” Jos Buttler concluded.