Jos Butter 'relieved' to be dropped by England

England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has spoken on his relief at being dropped from the Test team.

The Lancashire player was in terrible form during the recent series against Pakistan and was eventually dropped in the final Test, to be replaced by Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps.

After being left out of the side he bounced back in the one-day series, hitting the fastest ever century by an England player.

"You get to a place where you are thinking 'today I have to get runs or can you just drop me and get me out of this'," he told the Daily Telegraph.

"It was a relief to get dropped which is sad in a way because you never want to miss a game. But I was not performing and mentally I got to a stage where I was not concentrating and did not want to be there.

"I was not enjoying walking out there and feeling like I didn't know where the next run was coming from. I would also worry that I would miss a nick when keeping because I would be thinking about batting too much.

"Keeping wicket is the worst place to be when out of form. You can't hide at fine leg where you might touch the ball once every 10 overs. Behind the wicket you are involved every ball.

"You are never going to go to a coach and say 'look I think you need to drop me' because you have that pride thinking you can turn it around but it was definitely a relief to be taken out of that game and then suddenly the world changed.

"When I was watching the Sharjah Test I wondered why I had been so worked up."