James Rew interview: I’m not going to become a Bazballer, I know what my strengths are

When James Rew was growing up, he remembers: "Jos Butler was probably my big idol." Rew seamlessly followed Buttler's path from King's College, Taunton to Somerset's wicketkeeper-batsman; he could eventually follow Buttler into international cricket too.

But for all the similarities to Buttler's journey to the professional game, Rew plays in a very different way. He admires a fellow left-handed batsman: "The grittiness of ...