Puuuuurfect time for Buttler. 20 overs to go and he can go into T20 mode. You don’t want to promote him much earlier in my view.
I don’t get the criticism from a few quarters regarding Joe Root. He scores at a 100 strike rate which is absolutely fine for a number 3. He continues the platform for the openers when they’ve set England with some runs on the board. Just because he isn’t crash, bang, wallop, it doesn’t mean he’s slow. He’s more death by a thousand cuts.
David Warner has played the same way for Australia this WC so far, albeit even slower in the early games. It’s got him firmly encamped in the top scorers so it does work as a strategy.