Jos Buttler links up with England but will not be wicketkeeper in T20 series - England’s white-ball captain has not played professionally since the end of June at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean due to a nagging calf injury.

England’s white-ball cricket captain, Jos Buttler, has just extended his contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for another year, keeping him in the

England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is set to return to action for the first time since the T20 World Cup in the T20I series against the West Indies. Buttler has had multiple setbacks while trying to recover fully from the calf injury that ruled him out of The Hundred and Australia series.

Phil Salt will keep wicket for England throughout their Twenty20 series in the Caribbean with Jos Buttler playing as a specialist batsman.

Phil Salt will keep wicket for England's T20I series against the West Indies, despite the return of Jos Buttler to the team. White-ball captain Buttler has kept in 106 of his past 108 T20 internationals, fielding only in the two matches that took place in Trinidad during England's previous tour of the Caribbean in December 2023.

Salt deputised in what was viewed as an experimental measure, but appears to have been lined up for a more permanent role/