AHMEDABAD: England captain Jos Buttler felt that his team was a 'long way short of their best with the bat' in the World Cup opener against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday.
When queried if the level of performance surprised him, Buttler defended his team, saying, "Oh no, we're not robots. Sometimes, you don't play as well as you would like. Everyone's working hard, everyone's prepared well and as I said we were just a bit off. In international cricket, when you're a little bit short and the opposition has played very well, you're going to lose the game. So, there's plenty of stuff for us to work on and get better at the start of a long tournament."
