Buttler will take up captaincy duties ahead of the five-match T20I series against the West Indies, with Phil Salt to don the keeping gloves and Essex wicketkeeper-batter Michael Pepper added to the touring squad after being in England\u2019s 2-1 series defeat in the Caribbean.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe know in the T20 series in the West Indies he\u2019s not keeping - whether that\u2019s injury-related, he\u2019s obviously coming back from his calf injury, or it\u2019s a tactical thing. I think they\u2019re going to see how this goes and then they\u2019ll make the final decision.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut they need to make it, because what he does, whether he bats at the top of the order or bats in the middle order, is a big influence on how you set the side up, and whether he\u2019s keeping or not.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe best thing for me is a) he\u2019s coming back from his injury and b) he\u2019s signed a two-year central contract which means England\u2019s greatest white-ball player is keen to go again, he\u2019s not just going to go off to the franchise world, he wants to play for England and he wants to lead England again,\u201d said Cook to TNT Sports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also talked about the young England players he expects to make a breakthrough in the T20I leg of the Caribbean tour. \u201cI\u2019m looking at the batting line-up, Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Liam Livingstone \u2013 Livingstone\u2019s slightly older \u2013 but all those guys, they are the modern player.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey are brought up on T20 cricket, they are brought up on the white ball, they can play all the shots. So all the talent\u2019s there, it\u2019s just now about getting the experience in them, and (it\u2019s) the ones who then end up slightly better than the other ones. The ones who take that step, who feel as if international cricket suits them slightly better than other ones.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all seen that in the past, the players who after a year in the game, someone will jump up, get a score, feel confident, get more scores, and then suddenly he feels happier in international cricket, and that releases his talent. We\u2019re kind of waiting for that player.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAll of them are on that level, all produce good performances, maybe not quite as consistent, which is understandable because they\u2019re young players, but we\u2019re kind of waiting for the jump-up to the next bracket. I can\u2019t predict it, they\u2019re all so even, it will be interesting to see which ones does it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Cook signed off by expressing happiness over Jofra Archer playing all three ODIs against the West Indies in a year where he\u2019s been carefully managed after a big layoff due to injuries. \u201cWhat\u2019s great for me with Jofra is the fact he\u2019s played these three one-day games in a row, in a fairly short space of time, which means physically he must be in a pretty good spot. In the summer he was coming back, playing one, having a rest, playing another, having a rest.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAll of them are on that level, all produce good performances, maybe not quite as consistent, which is understandable because they\u2019re young players, but we\u2019re kind of waiting for the jump-up to the next bracket. I can\u2019t predict it, they\u2019re all so even, it will be interesting to see which ones does it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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