{"id":426340,"date":"2026-02-15T02:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426340\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T02:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T02:30:09","slug":"jos-buttler-scripts-history-becomes-the-first-wicketkeeper-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426340\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos Buttler scripts history, becomes the first wicketkeeper to\u2026 | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sri-lanka-england-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"Jos Buttler scripts history, becomes the first wicketkeeper to\u2026\" title=\"England's Jos Buttler (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>England&#8217;s Jos Buttler (AP Photo) <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jos-buttler\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jos Buttler<\/a> etched his name into the record books on Saturday, becoming the first wicketkeeper-batter in history \u2014 and the quickest overall in terms of balls faced \u2014 to reach 4,000 runs in T20 Internationals. The England star achieved the landmark in just 2,670 deliveries, surpassing the previous benchmark held by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>.The milestone came during England\u2019s Group C clash against Scotland in the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 in Kolkata. Needing only three runs to get to the mark while chasing 153, Buttler reached 4,000 on the fourth ball of the second over. The occasion was doubly special as it also marked his 150th T20I appearance for England, making him the only English player \u2014 and one of just five worldwide \u2014 to feature in 150 or more matches in the format.His stay, however, was brief. Soon after reaching the landmark, Buttler was dismissed for three off four balls, chipping a catch to Brandon McMullen off Brad Currie.Buttler is only the fourth cricketer to breach the 4,000-run barrier in T20Is, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, Rohit Sharma, and Babar Azam. Kohli was the first to achieve the feat, getting there during the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-final against England at the Adelaide Oval.Since making his T20I debut against India in 2011, Buttler has amassed over 4,000 runs at an average above 35 and a strike rate of 148. His tally includes 28 fifties and a highest score of 101. Notably, he remains the only designated wicketkeeper in T20I history to cross the 4,000-run mark.A former England captain, Buttler stands comfortably as his nation\u2019s leading run-scorer in T20Is, well ahead of Eoin Morgan, who accumulated 2,458 runs in 115 matches. Widely regarded as one of England\u2019s finest white-ball players, Buttler is also a prized asset in T20 leagues around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Jos Buttler (AP Photo) Jos Buttler etched his name into the record books on Saturday, becoming the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[29233,156400,1721,309,34934,18856,101,8051,30688,56,54,55,15624],"class_list":{"0":"post-426340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-babar-azam","9":"tag-buttler","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-jos-buttler","13":"tag-rohit-sharma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-t20-world-cup","16":"tag-t20-world-cup-2026","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}