Jos Buttler registered the second fastest century for England in one-day internationals (ODIs) versus Pakistan in the second ODI at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Saturday.
Jos Buttler registered the second fastest century for England in one-day internationals (ODIs) versus Pakistan in the second ODI at The Rose Bowl, Southampton on Saturday.
Coming in to bat in the 36th over, the wicketkeeper-batsman got off the mark with a single but then went on to slam 14 runs off the next three balls. From there on it was no looking back for Buttler as he continued his marauding form. Buttler reached his half-century in 32 balls but then blazed his way to the three-figure mark in a jiffy.
Buttler’s hundred, which featured six fours and nine maximums, was also the 10th fastest hundred in the history of the game and helped England post a match-winning score of 373/3 in Southampton.
Buttler has been one of the most destructive batsmen at the death in recent times. Since the ICC 2015 CWC, he strikes at 181.2 in the last ten overs, more than any player in the final phase of an innings. Here are some of the best reactions to his innings-
According to former England captain Nasser Hussain, Buttler’s innings now puts him in the same league as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and MS Dhoni.
‘He is a freak. Sometimes you don’t realise what you’ve got, because it’s right in front of you,”Hussain told Sky Sports.
“You travel the world and you talk to people about Jos Buttler, and they rave about this lad. I don’t like massive comments, but he’d have to be up there with the three or four greatest white-ball players of all time. You’re talking Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Viv Richards. I have to put Buttler in that category,” he added.
Coming in to bat in the 36th over, the wicketkeeper-batsman got off the mark with a single but then went on to slam 14 runs off the next three balls. From there on it was no looking back for Buttler as he continued his marauding form. Buttler reached his half-century in 32 balls but then blazed his way to the three-figure mark in a jiffy.
Buttler’s hundred, which featured six fours and nine maximums, was also the 10th fastest hundred in the history of the game and helped England post a match-winning score of 373/3 in Southampton.
Buttler has been one of the most destructive batsmen at the death in recent times. Since the ICC 2015 CWC, he strikes at 181.2 in the last ten overs, more than any player in the final phase of an innings. Here are some of the best reactions to his innings-
According to former England captain Nasser Hussain, Buttler’s innings now puts him in the same league as Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and MS Dhoni.
‘He is a freak. Sometimes you don’t realise what you’ve got, because it’s right in front of you,”Hussain told Sky Sports.
“You travel the world and you talk to people about Jos Buttler, and they rave about this lad. I don’t like massive comments, but he’d have to be up there with the three or four greatest white-ball players of all time. You’re talking Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Viv Richards. I have to put Buttler in that category,” he added.