The choice to maneuver Buttler all the way down to quantity three after a lot success as an opener for England raised a couple of eyebrows.
However given he was in to face the second ball of the innings after Salt, a day on from his century within the first T20, chipped Akeal Hosein to cowl first ball, the England skipper would possibly as effectively have been opening.
After a golden duck of his personal on Saturday, Buttler made a cautious begin and it was Jacks who bought issues began as England upped the tempo late within the powerplay.
From the second he clobbered Shepherd for an enormous straight six within the sixth over, with a pair of boundaries both facet, Buttler then led the cost.
The 34-year-old hammered Gudakesh Motie on to the roof of the Kensington Oval and clubbed Roston Chase into the stands to carry up a 32-ball fifty.
When he nailed back-to-back maximums off Chase a few overs later, an England victory appeared assured, as did a Buttler hundred.
Nevertheless, he skied a slower ball from Shepherd within the subsequent over and was denied a second T20 worldwide ton.
Liam Livingstone got here in and smacked an unbeaten 23 from 11 balls to get the job completed in a rush for England.
Relinquishing the wicketkeeping gloves and transferring to bat at three had been the large selections made by Buttler earlier than this collection and it stays to be seen whether or not they’re the proper calls in the long term.
However with two wins from two and a trademark, swashbuckling innings thus far, the early indicators are definitely constructive.
