“We needed five. I said to him (Ball), ‘if it’s two, we’ll run; if it’s one, I’ll take strike and we’ll maybe run at the end of the over’. Smashed to long-off, didn’t see the guy, and I just ran. That probably was a poor decision from my part, and great credit to him to come out and face the balls,” said Buttler.

“All credit to him. It’s a tough thing to do, to soak up that pressure and deal with that. Huge feather in his cap to know he’s come through.”