Jos Buttler becomes second Englishman to complete 13,500 T20 runs
What's the story
England's star batter Jos Buttler has achieved a major milestone by becoming the seventh player overall and second from his nation to complete 13,500 runs in T20 cricket. Buttler reached this landmark with his 26th run against New Zealand in the opening T20I in Christchurch. Over 3,800 of his runs have come in T20I cricket. Here are his stats.
Stats
Over 100 scores of 50-plus for Buttler
One of the finest wicketkeeper-batters in white-ball cricket, Buttler has raced to 13,503 runs across 471 T20 games, as per ESPNcricinfo. He has an average and a strike rate of 35.72 and 146.45, respectively. The tally includes eight tons and 97 fifties, with his best score being 124. He is only behind Alex Hales (14,200) in terms of T20 runs among Englishmen.
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Seventh-highest run-getter in T20s
As mentioned, Buttler became the seventh player overall to complete 13,000 T20 runs. Besides Hales, he has joined Chris Gayle (14,562), Kieron Pollard (14,237), Shoaib Malik (13,571), Virat Kohli (13,543), and David Warner (13,595) in the elite list.
T20Is
His T20I numbers for England
Buttler is the highest T20I run-getter for England, further cementing his place among their all-time greats. He has scored 3,865 runs at an average of 35.78 with a strike rate of 148.99 in 142 matches (50s: 28). His best score is an unbeaten century (101*). Buttler is also one of the four players with 170-plus T20I sixes.
IPL
Over 4,000 runs in the IPL
Buttler has also been successful in the Indian Premier League (IPL), scoring 4,120 runs in 121 matches at an impressive average of 40.00 and a strike rate exceeding 149. He has smashed 7 tons and 24 fifties in the IPL, representing Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, and Gujarat Titans. Kohli (8) is the only batter with more IPL tons than Buttler.
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Brief stay for Buttler
Batting first in the game, England were off to a terrible start, having been reduced to 29/2. Buttler, who opened the innings, tried to rebuild the innings but fell after scoring 29 off 25 balls (2 fours, 1 six). Michael Bracewell had trapped him.