WHITEWASHED JOS BATS BACK AT 'LAZY' JIBES

JOS BUTTLER insisted England are not "lazy" as they signed off on a miserable white-ball tour of India with a 3-0 ODI series whitewash defeat.

- DAVID CHARLESWORTH

As England slid to a 142-run thumping and a seventh loss in eight games, former India player and coach Ravi Shastri falsely claimed the tourists had "just one net session this entire trip, if not any".

Shastri's underlying point was "you're not going to improve" without putting in "the hard yards" as England again floundered with the bat, collapsing to 214 all out in response to India's mammoth 356.