Jos Buttler completes 10,500 international runs: Key stats
Jos Buttler has become the 10th player to complete 10,500 runs for England. The wicketkeeper-batter accomplished the feat with his fourth run in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup opener against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. Buttler ended up scoring 43 off 42 balls, a knock laced with two boundaries and as many sixes. Here are his stats.
Buttler's remarkable journey in international cricket
Making his international debut in 2011, Buttler did not take long to cement his place in the white-ball set-up. He has also played a significant amount of Test cricket. The dasher has now raced to 10,539 runs in 336 international games. He averages 36.72 in England colors as the tally includes 14 tons and 63 fifties with 162* being his best score.
His numbers across formats
4,866 of Buttler's runs have come in 170 ODIs at a 41-plus average (41.59). The tally includes 11 tons and 25 fifties. His tally of 2,766 runs in 109 T20Is at 35.01 is the most for an England batter. He has 20 fifties and a solitary ton in the format. In 57 Tests, he has scored 2,907 runs at 31.94 (50s: 18, 100s: 2).
Most runs by an England wicket-keeper
Buttler's tally of 9,182 international runs is the eighth-most for a designated wicket-keeper. Meanwhile, no other England keeper has even 8,600 runs in this regard. Notably, Buttler has been England's designated gloveman in 299 of his 336 international; appearances. 1,880 of Buttler's international runs have come while leading England. As a skipper, the 33-year-old has international 54 caps to his name.
