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Jos Buttler says a proposed reduction in County Championship and T20 Blast matches could raise standards and benefit England.<\/span><\/p>\n The England white-ball captain said the process was not “simple”, but fewer games would allow players to prepare and recover better.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n His comments come after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) released its high performance review.<\/span><\/p>\n The review suggests red-ball games could be cut from 14 to 10 in a season. <\/span><\/p>\n The review, led by Sir Andrew Strauss, also suggests dedicated windows for the One-Day Cup, T20 Blast and the Hundred. <\/span><\/p>\n It has been met with criticism <\/span>from many first-class counties<\/span><\/a> who are concerned about the lack of cricket they would be hosting as a result. <\/span><\/p>\n When asked by The Sports Desk podcast if he thought reducing the number of County Championship and domestic T20 matches could help improve the England team, Buttler said: “Yeah, I do.<\/span><\/p>\n “I do feel a reduction in games would allow players to prepare properly, recover properly and put a lot more emphasis on those games.<\/span><\/p>\n “The pressure on those games would be a lot higher and I think the standard could potentially be higher for that.<\/span><\/p>\n “I can see how that would see more high performance, in that sense.” <\/span><\/p>\n Buttler accepted that reform will not be an easy process.<\/span><\/p>\n “There are some players who may only play one format of the game and they want to play as many games as possible in that format, so I can see how it’s not straightforward,” the 32-year-old continued.<\/span><\/p>\n “But if you were just looking at a high performance view on it, I think 10 games would be a good number of fixtures.” <\/span><\/p>\n