Happy Birthday, Jos Buttler! England wicketkeeper-batsman turns 26

Happy B'day, Buttler! ENG wicketkeeper-batsman turns 26

Born September 8, 1990, in Taunton, Jos Buttler turns 26 today. England‘s wicketkeeper-batsman, Buttler, has been top talent in the limited-overs format for his country, but has not had an easy road in Tests. Known for his aggressive batting and big hitting abilities, Buttler is an integral part of Eoin Morgan’s One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) side. He made his ODI debut in February 2012 against Pakistan at Dubai. In the third ODI against Pakistan of the recently concluded ODI series, Buttler took only 22 balls to complete his half-century, which was the fastest half-century scored by any English batsman. Buttler, by now accumulated 2,072 runs in 78 ODIs for England, at an average of 38.37. READ: Jos Buttler is leading England’s shorter formats’ transformation

The right-hand batsman has, 4 hundreds and 10 fifties in ODIs and plays at a strike rate of 120.32. He played his first T20I for England in 2011, against India at Manchester. In 50 T20Is he has scored 928 runs including 5 fifities. In the shortest format his strike rate is 140.18. His best is 73 not out.

Buttler has a decent First-Class record too. In 73 matches, he has scored 3,294 runs at an average of 32.29 with highest score of 144. He has four centuries and 19 half-centuries. Buttler’s List A record has seen him play in 145 matches and has amassed 4,183 runs at an average of 45.96 and a strike rate of 121.17. In List A matches he has 6 hundreds and 26 fifties. In his First-Class career, Buttler has earlier played Somerset county club, but switched to Lancashire later.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Buttler has featured for Mumbai Indians (MI) and has been a talent to watch out for.