David Miller is a more experienced T20 player than Jos Buttler, but Buttler has a longer CV as a captain. Might details like that matter in the hurly-burly of the three-match T20I series between England and South Africa that starts in Bristol on Wednesday?
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The last time South Africa met England in a T20, they won. It was at the 2021 World Cup © AFP
Perhaps. Or perhaps not. Miller summed up the uncertainty during a press conference on Tuesday: "As captain you can't control everything. It's about having trust in the players, which I do have."
Miller has played 382 T20s - 100 of them internationals; 97 for South Africa, the other three for an ICC World XI against Pakistan in Lahore in September 2017 - to Buttler's 319, including 91 for England. Buttler has led teams in 38 games, among them 23 white-ball internationals. Miller's leadership credentials amount to 14 matches. His only time at the helm of South Africa's senior side was in two T20Is against Pakistan in February 2019.
Buttler, England's appointed white-ball captain, has presided over the five losses his team have suffered in eight completed matches in the two formats this month. He is thus under scrutiny to turn things around. Miller is standing in
