While Phil Salt and Ben Duckett will open with Jamie Smith the surprise choice at number three – having never batted there before for England – Buttler feels there is scope to rejig the order in certain scenarios.
In the past when England had got off to a flyer, Buttler was sent in at number four to rub salt into the wound and in 14 ODIs there he averages 68.1, contrasted with 34.63 in 75 matches two places lower.
England reinforcing their batting, with Joe Root, Harry Brook and Buttler each dropping one place to accommodate Smith, leaves them with Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Brydon Carse and Adil Rashid as frontline bowling options.
Jos Buttler wants to rediscover his mojo with the bat in one-day internationals as he looks to reinforce his position as England captain at the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
His prolonged lean spell has coincided with England’s fall from grace in coloured clothing and they head into Saturday’s Champions Trophy opener against Australia on the back of 16 defeats in 23 ODIs.
