Buttler breaks T20 all-time run-scoring record
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- Jos Buttler surpassed Kieron Pollard's 14,803 T20 runs to become the format's all-time leading run-scorer, reaching 14,833 with a six over square leg off Marco Jansen at Old Trafford for Manchester Super Giants.
- Buttler reached the milestone in his 522nd T20 match, finishing with 51 off 20 balls, and has scored 50+ in three of his last four Hundred matches after hammering a 64-ball 131 against India at Southampton last month.
- Kieron Pollard had extended Chris Gayle's previous mark of 14,562 runs to 14,803 in June, making the most T20 appearances in history (741) — 139 more than Sunil Narine in second place, with Buttler ninth on the appearance list.
- Buttler's powerplay average of 43 ranks third among English batters with over 1,000 powerplay runs, while his death-overs strike rate of 184 towers over his 143 at the top of the innings — a transformation driven by moving up the order to open.
- Buttler averages between 37 and 38 against seam from either hand and against off-break/left-arm spin, dipping only to 31.31 against leg-breaks; he averages 74 against short-pitched bowling since 2021, second only to Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan.
- Buttler turns 36 on 8 September and is expected to feature in England's 2028 T20 World Cup squad in Australia and New Zealand — the same grounds where he captained England to the 2022 title — despite averaging just 10.87 across eight matches at this year's tournament.
Why it matters: Buttler's record locks him in as England's white-ball centrepiece through the 2028 World Cup, yet his 10.87 average at this year's tournament leaves a clear subplot: the all-time leading T20 run-scorer still has to prove he can deliver on the same Australian and New Zealand grounds where he captained England to the 2022 title.
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