Adelaide. Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior caught Jos Buttler behind the wicket on the first day of the second Test of the ongoing Ashes series between Australia and England at the Oval in Adelaide on Thursday. Everyone is praising him for this, but on the very first day of the match, he dropped the catch of Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne twice. In such a situation, former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior criticized Jos Buttler’s poor wicketkeeping.
In fact, Buttler got off to a brilliant start on the first day with a catch of Marcus Harris off Stuart Broad, but then he had poor wicketkeeping behind the wicket as he dropped Marnus Labuschagne’s catches for 21 and 95, giving Australia second By the end of the day’s play, a score of 221/2 was made. At the end of the day’s play, Labuschagne remained unbeaten on 95, adding 172 runs for the second wicket with David Warner. Both these batsmen contributed significantly in getting the Kangaroo team back in the match, but Warner missed out on a century.
Matt Prior, former England wicketkeeper on BT Sport, said, “Buttler initially took an extraordinary catch of Marcus Harris at legside, which was quite difficult.” However, he added, “Buttler dropped Labushane’s first catch on a ball from Ben Stokes at legside, when he was on 21. He then came straight to Labushane, who was playing on 95 off James Anderson. Catch dropped out of hand.” These two lifebloods have only added to England’s troubles, as everyone knows the kind of batsman they are. He has scored 5 centuries in 20 test matches and has reached near the sixth century.
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