Jos Buttler

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jos Buttler

• Buttler started playing cricket at an early age and played age-group cricket for many local clubs and school teams.

• He once had a photo with Ian Botham during the 1999 World Cup.

  

• He also played other sports and became the Somerset Under-13 tennis champion in 2000, when he was 9 years old.

• When he was young, he used to cry whenever he got out. He changed that habit over time.

• Despite playing cricket regularly while studying in school, he never neglected his studies and achieved top GCSE and A-level grades.

• His coach Dennis Breakwell once said that Buttler’s average was around 95 as King’s captain, and he was an even better cricketer than Ian Botham at that age.

• In 2006, he moved to Glastonbury county team from Somerset so that he could play more matches as a batsman.

• He made headlines in April 2008 when he scored 227 runs not out in a 50-over match of a national school tournament. He made a record partnership of 340 runs for 1st wicket with Alex Barrow.

  

• In July 2008, he played for England Under-17 during a warmup match against New Zealand Under-19.

• In 2009, he first played for England Under-18 against Scotland A followed by playing for England Under-19 against Bangladesh Under-19. He also played in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup.

  

• In 2011, he played for the England Lions against Sri Lanka A.

• He got out on a duck on his ODI debut against Pakistan.

• Buttler first made headlines in international cricket on 12 September 2012 when he scored 32 runs not out off 10 balls during a T20I match against South Africa. England Cricket Board (ECB) gave him an incremental contract in the same month after this innings.

• In the 2012 T20 World Cup held in West Indies, he scored 40 runs in 5 matches at an average of 13.33 and a strike rate of 114.29.

• He made 74 runs in 4 matches in the 2014 T20 World Cup held in Bangladesh, at an average of 18.50 and a strike rate of 115.63.

• On 31 May 2014, he made his first ODI century in 61 balls, which was the fastest ODI hundred by an English batter at that time.

• In his first test innings, he scored 85 runs in 83 balls.

• In the 2015 ODI World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, he scored 141 runs in 6 matches at an average of 35.25 and strike rate of 35.25 and also took 8 catches in the tournament as the wicketkeeper.

• He first met Louise Webber while studying in high school. He used to help her with Mathematics as she was weak in maths. He often called her wife which she found very amusing.

• They started dating after completing their high school education. He proposed to her on Christmas Eve in 2016 which she accepted, and they got married in 2017.

  

• In the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, he was acquired by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs 4.4 crore (US$551,000) against his base price of Rs 1.5 crore.

• He was appointed as the vice-captain of England in the 2019 ODI World Cup held in England. In the tournament, he scored 312 runs in 11 matches at an average of 34.67 and strike rate of 122.83 which included 2 half-centuries and 1 hundred.

  

• In the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand, he scored 59 runs in 60 deliveries. He also scored 7 runs in the super over for England and completed the run out of Martin Guptill, helping England win the ODI World Cup for the first time.

  

• On 1 November 2021, during the match against Sri Lanka in the 2021 T20 World Cup, he hit his maiden T20I century with 101 runs not out.

  

• Before the 2022 IPL mega-auction, RR retained him for Rs 10 crores.

• He scored 4 hundreds in the 2022 IPL season, one each against Mumbai Indians (MI), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

  

• He became the highest-paid player (along with Liam Livingstone) in the inaugural season of the 2022 SA20 League after Paarl Royals acquired him for US$500,000.

• On 30 June 2022, he was appointed as the white ball (ODI and T20I) captain of England.

• He led the England team to win the 2022 T20 World Cup held in Australia. He was the highest runscorer for England in the tournament with 225 runs in 6 matches at an average of 45 and a strike rate of 144.23.

  

• In his 100th IPL match on 6 April 2024 against RCB in the 2024 IPL season, he scored 100 runs off 58 balls helping RR win the match.

  

• He is renowned for his innovative and extraordinary batting skills.

  

• He often drinks alcohol, beer, or wine during parties.

  

• When asked which actor he would prefer to play in a biopic film based on him, Buttler named Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan.

• He is also known as England’s first-ever global Twenty20 superstar for playing in franchise leagues around the world.

• He lives in a lavish bungalow in Taunton, Somerset worth Rs 5 crores.

• Jos Buttler follows a superstition as he does not eat any round-shaped food before any big match as it resembles a duck (0).