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Jos Buttler used to fantasise about captaining England to cricket glory as a child while playing in their garden with his siblings. The dream is now on the verge of becoming a reality.
The dynamic wicketkeeper-batsman will captain England against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup final on Sunday in Melbourne, his first major tournament since succeeding Eoin Morgan as white-ball captain.
“I’ve certainly had a few dreams about that kind of thing,” said the England white-ball captain.
“Of course I think it really links back to what you were like as a kid, the kind of things you would be doing in the garden with your brother and sister, pretending to lift a trophy.
“And now to be able to have the opportunity, to have a chance, to live that kind of thing out is incredibly special.”
Buttler admitted that as he prepares for his biggest day as a captain, those childhood memories have returned.
“I think it’s fine to sort of think about those things and what it might feel like or what it would mean. They’re certainly feelings I don’t feel like I need to try and block out or push away,” he said.
“You almost accept those kind of things as like accepting the noise that comes with a World Cup final, accepting that it feels a little bit different,” he added.
“But once you’ve accepted those things, it’s about focusing on the things that you know will serve us well as a group and as a team, as an individual what you need to do to prepare to play your best game of cricket tomorrow.”
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