Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“buttler has been in amazing form in ODI cricket against international class bowlers, buttler also wasn't dropped because of a serious technical issue but because he had "burned out" after playing as keeper in all three formats for something like 15 months solid”
Buttler averaged 61.00 in the ODI series against New Zealand before the Ashes and 88.50 in the ODI series after the Pakistan tests in the U.A.E. Impressively selective burnout that it seems to come and go depending on the form of the game.
Amazing form in limited overs cricket does not mean someone will be amazing in first class cricket, and vice versa. I am not saying he is not good enough for test cricket, just that he has not done anything to justify his place in that form of the game. But if you are happy to let the selectors' judgment of a player's potential count then it has to be that way for all players.
But it says something abut his and the England team's priorities that he played a full IPL season rather than the start of the County Championship to try and earn a test place, or even rest from a too heavy workload.
And if playing all three forms of the game is so onerous that he gets burned out from it, why would you even want him to go back to that and risk damaging his white ball form?