Jos Buttler hailed Jofra Archer as a captain’s dream after watching him deliver every time he was thrown the ball in the final ODI against South Africa.
England’s triumph by 59 runs was built on the back of high quality hundreds from both Buttler and Dawid Malan, but required the X-Factor skills of Archer with the ball to get them over the line. Archer’s 6-40 were his best figures in an England shirt to date, but it was the way he was able to pin the Proteas back at first and then snuff out their fightback late on that had Buttler purring with delight after the game.
“I think it was a really good performance,” said Buttler. “It was a fantastic partnership between myself and Dawid to get us up to that score. And then Jofra's performance was outstanding. Every time you turned to him to try and take a wicket, he managed to do that.
