Published: Aug 24, 2018, 08:20 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 24, 2018, 08:20 AM (IST)
English participation in the 2018-19 Big Bash has increased with news that England‘s Test captain Joe Root and vice-captain Jos Buttler will play for Sydney Thunder.
The star pair will feature in the T20 league’s first half – seven games in all – during the window between England’s tours to Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
Buttler, 27 has previously played six games for Sydney Thunder in 2017-18 and before that for Melbourne Renegades. The cavalier batsman brings to the franchise the experience of 232 career T20 matches from which he has 5099 runs at a strike-rate of 144.65. In the last Big Bash, he scored 202 runs in six innings.
Can’t wait @root66 https://t.co/r8NMu2q3du
— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) August 23, 2018
His Test skipper Root has featured in just 12 T20 games since the final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 at Eden Gardens – eight for England and four for Yorkshire. He did not find any takers at January’s IPL player auction, where Buttler was purchased by Rajasthan Royals.
The 2018-19 Big Bash runs from December 18 to 17 February.
