BUTTLER BY NUMBERS

46

Balls Buttler took to complete his fastest 100, a record for England in ODIs. Buttler also has the second and third fastest one-day tons for his country, in 61 and 66 balls.

118.72

Buttler’s one-day international strike rate, bettered only by West Indies blaster Andre Russell (130.81) and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell (125.74). Consider that Kevin Pietersen, seen as a one-day destroyer when he burst on to the scene, signed off with a one-day strike rate of 86.58.

7

Number of batsmen who have scored at least two one-day international hundreds in 70 balls or less. Buttler is joined on that list by Sanath Jayasuriya, AB De Villiers, Virat Kohli, Shahid Afridi, Virender Sehwag and Shakib al Hasan.