111 Facts About Jos Buttler

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Jos Buttler made his T20I debut in 2011, his ODI debut in 2012, and his Test debut in 2014.

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Jos Buttler was the vice-captain and a crucial member of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and made the run out during the Super Over which sealed victory in the final.

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Jos Buttler was appointed captain of England's limited overs teams in June 2022.

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Jos Buttler captained England to victory at the 2022 T20 World Cup, top-scoring for England at the tournament.

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Jos Buttler is England's second-most-capped T20I player behind Eoin Morgan.

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Jos Buttler is England's highest run-scorer in T20Is, and is one of only four Englishmen to score a T20I century.

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Jos Buttler is widely regarded around the world as England's greatest ever white ball batsman.

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Once Morgan retired Jos Buttler was named as England's new White-ball Captain after being the side's vice-captain for seven years.

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Jos Buttler played extensively for Somerset's youth teams, appearing at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level.

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Jos Buttler made his senior club cricket debut for Cheddar before moving to Glastonbury in the 2006 season, aged just 15, taking three catches and 15 runs as wicket-keeper.

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Jos Buttler led the batting averages for King's College, with his 358 runs coming at 51.14.

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Jos Buttler captained King's during the 2008 season, and improved on his batting totals from the previous two years, scoring 851 runs, over 250 more than any other member of the team.

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Jos Buttler made his first-class debut for Somerset in September 2009, replacing the injured Justin Langer for the County Championship match against Lancashire, scoring 30 in his only innings.

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Jos Buttler retained his place in the team for the following Pro40 match against Hampshire, making his List A debut, although he was not required to bat.

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Jos Buttler again captained King's in 2009, and in the seventeen matches under his leadership they lost only once, and won the Western School Twenty20 competition.

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When Craig Kieswetter was called up to the England one-day side in 2010, Jos Buttler was given the chance of a prolonged run in Somerset's first team.

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Jos Buttler made his maiden first-class century in his fourth County Championship match, scoring 144 runs in an innings characterised by "dogged determination and [a] decent range of shots".

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Jos Buttler's continued good batting form, which saw him make scores of 52 and 31* in a County Championship match against Yorkshire, saw him retain his place in the Somerset team upon Kieswetter's return.

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Jos Buttler was named Man of the Match in Somerset's 2010 Friends Provident T20 semi-final victory over Nottinghamshire at the Rose Bowl, reaching a "breathtaking" half-century from 21 balls to score an unbeaten 55 runs in a partnership of 75 with Kieron Pollard.

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The 2012 season proved similarly productive for Jos Buttler, and featured a "brilliant" half-century scored from 36 balls against Northamptonshire in the domestic 40 over competition, although increasing international call-ups limited his appearances for Somerset and Kieswetter remained the first-choice wicket-keeper for Somerset.

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Somerset started the County Championship season poorly, but Jos Buttler was praised for adopting a mature approach to his batting, averaging over 40 with the bat in the Championship at the midpoint of the season and enjoying his most productive first-class season to date.

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Jos Buttler delayed signing a new contract he had been offered, concerned that by not being the main wicket-keeper for Somerset that he would put his international wicket-keeping place in jeopardy, despite a strong emotional attachment to the county.

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Jos Buttler scored 42 in his first Championship appearance for the county before compiling a "game-changing" innings of 72 on a difficult pitch at Northampton.

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Jos Buttler scored his first century for Lancashire in June against Durham before equalling the record for the fastest fifty scored in T20 cricket, hitting a half-century in 22 balls against Northants on his way to 58 not out in the 2014 NatWest t20 Blast.

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Jos Buttler extended his stay with Lancashire, announcing a new three-year contract on 27 May 2016.

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Jos Buttler played in the two-day match between the two teams, scoring 45 in the first-innings as the match was drawn.

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In 2009, Jos Buttler played four matches for England Under-18s, two each against Scotland A and Scotland Development XI.

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Jos Buttler scored 103 not out in the first of these matches, and made starts in each of the following matches, reaching double figures on each occasion, but not scoring higher than 28.

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Two months later, Jos Buttler made his England Under-19 debut, appearing in the first T20 against Bangladesh Under-19s.

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Jos Buttler joined up with the squad in Bangladesh following Somerset's elimination from the Champions League Twenty20 for the seven-match youth One Day International series, playing again as a specialist batsman.

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Jos Buttler failed to make a significant impact until the final match when he top-scored for England with 42 runs.

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Jos Buttler remained with the team for the Under-19 World Cup, where he played all but one of England's six matches, keeping wicket in three of them.

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Jos Buttler scored 91 runs in three innings, with a top-score of 78 against India in the fifth-place play-off semi-final.

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Jos Buttler was called into the senior England squad for the Twenty20 International against the touring Indian team in September 2011.

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Jos Buttler made his debut for the side in the match as a specialist batsman before going on to play against the touring West Indies side later the same season.

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Jos Buttler played a T20I against India in Kolkata and then toured with England to play Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in early 2012, making his ODI debut, although he was out second ball without scoring.

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Jos Buttler continued to play regular T20 cricket for England throughout 2012.

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Jos Buttler spoke about how the innings made him feel "calmer, more myself, more relaxed" and he received an ECB incremental contract later in the same month.

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Jos Buttler was selected for the England squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, playing in all five of England's matches in the competition, although he scored only 40 runs in his five innings.

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Jos Buttler replaced a rested Jonathan Trott in the England ODI squad in India in early 2013 and replaced Craig Kieswetter as the first-choice wicket-keeper halfway through the ODI series.

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Jos Buttler scored his maiden half-century for England in a T20 warm-up match at the start of England's tour of New Zealand followed by his first T20I half-century in the second match of the series.

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Jos Buttler played again in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in March and played regular one-day cricket throughout the year.

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Jos Buttler made 85 runs from 83 balls in his first Test innings.

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Jos Buttler played in the final three Tests of the series before reverting to one-day duty, touring Sri Lanka at the end of the year.

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Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 39 in 19 balls against Sri Lanka and made 65 against Bangladesh but ultimately England lost both matches in a disastrous campaign, failing to progress beyond the group stages.

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Jos Buttler continued in the role throughout the English summer, playing both Tests against New Zealand and all five Ashes Tests against Australia.

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Jos Buttler is like a rabbit caught in the headlights of Ashes cricket.

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Jos Buttler continued to play one-day cricket alongside his Test role, making his then highest ODI score of 129 from 77 balls against New Zealand.

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Jos Buttler again played for England in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and was a regular fixture in the limited-overs squad throughout the year.

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Jos Buttler captained the England side in the ODI series against Bangladesh in October 2016 after numerous players, including regular captain Eoin Morgan, declined to tour over raised security concerns following a terrorist attack in Dhaka in July.

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Jos Buttler, aggravated by the opposition's excessive celebrations, turned to confront them, resulting in him being ushered away by the umpires.

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Jos Buttler was again reserve wicket-keeper for the Test series against Bangladesh.

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Jos Buttler was named in the ICC World ODI XI in 2016.

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In May 2018, Jos Buttler was recalled into England's Test squad to play Pakistan at Lord's later that month.

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Jos Buttler had a successful return to Test cricket, scoring two half-centuries and scoring the most runs in the series; he won the Man of the Match award at Headingley.

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Jos Buttler was named Man of the Match for his 110 not out, and named Man of the Series for his impressive contributions with both bat and gloves.

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Jos Buttler replaced James Anderson as the Test vice-captain on 31 July 2018, thus combining the role in all formats.

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Jos Buttler registered his maiden Test century in the third Test of India's tour of England in August 2018, with a score of 106.

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Jos Buttler was commended for nullifying the extremely difficult batting conditions by employing techniques such as using his feet and frequently playing sweep shots.

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Jos Buttler made a quiet start to the tournament, scoring only 18 runs in the opening match of the tournament against South Africa at The Oval, which ended in a comprehensive 104-run win for England.

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Jos Buttler scored 59 runs in the final against New Zealand and contributed to a crucial 110-run partnership with Ben Stokes to help tie the match.

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Jos Buttler's innings was particularly crucial and game-changing as he scored at a quicker rate on a difficult pitch where other batsmen including his partner and Man Of the Match Ben Stokes struggled.

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Towards the end with both teams making 241 from their respective innings, He was selected to bat in the ensuing Super Over along with Stokes, from which the pair scored 15 runs; Jos Buttler scoring seven with a boundary from the final ball.

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Jos Buttler completed the run out of Martin Guptill on the last ball of New Zealand's over as he attempted a match-winning second run.

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Jos Buttler's match winning run out was later awarded as the moment of the year in 2020 in BBC Sports awards of 2019.

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Jos Buttler scored 55 in the final match aiding a large England total and ultimate victory.

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On 29 May 2020, Jos Buttler was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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On 17 June 2020, Jos Buttler was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.

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On 4 July 2020, Jos Buttler was named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series.

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Jos Buttler was England's stand out batsman of the summer, averaging 52 whilst notching up 2 half centuries, the latter a series winning 75 in the fourth innings at Old Trafford alongside Chris Woakes from almost certain defeat.

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Jos Buttler's year ended with a 3 match T20 visit to South Africa.

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On 11 December 2020, Jos Buttler was named vice captain for the tour of Sri Lanka in January 2021 following Ben Stokes' resting.

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Jos Buttler retained the wicket-keeping duties for the tour despite his troubled summer and performed impressively, taking 9 catches and executing his first Test stumping.

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Jos Buttler made scores of 30 and 24 and took 5 catches helping England to a famous victory in the first test against India in Chennai before returning home to rest.

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Jos Buttler returned to India for the white ball leg of the tour.

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However, through Eoin Morgan's finger injury, Jos Buttler captained the final 2 games; winning 1.

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In September 2021, Jos Buttler was named in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

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On 1 November 2021, in England's World Cup match against Sri Lanka, Jos Buttler scored his first century in T20I cricket, with a 101*.

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On June 17,2022, Jos Buttler featured in the first ODI as part of a three-match series against the Netherlands.

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Jos Buttler scored 162 not out in 70 balls, his personal ODI high score and England would score 498 runs, which is the highest ODI score of all time.

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Jos Buttler has become increasingly involved in playing franchise T20 cricket around the world, and has been described as arguably England's "first ever global Twenty20 superstar".

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Jos Buttler was initially only expected to play for Melbourne in their first two matches of the competition but this was extended due to the late arrival of Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who had been called into the Pakistan Test squad.

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Jos Buttler played for Mumbai Indians in the 2016 and 2017 Indian Premier League seasons.

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Jos Buttler made his BPL debut in November 2017, scoring 48 runs from 42 balls in his second match for Comilla and recorded his first BPL half-century in his third match.

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In November 2017, Jos Buttler was signed as an overseas player for Sydney Thunder for the Big Bash League season 7.

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Jos Buttler played in the first six games for Thunder before joining the England squad for the limited-over fixtures of England's tour of Australia.

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Jos Buttler scored 67 and 81 in separate games against Hobart Hurricanes, being named Player of the Match in the first fixture.

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In January 2018, Jos Buttler was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction for 44 million.

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Jos Buttler had a difficult start for the Royals, making a high score of just 29 in his first seven innings.

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Jos Buttler subsequently became only the second batsman in IPL history to achieve five scores of fifty or more in consecutive matches.

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Jos Buttler made an unbeaten 95 from 60 balls against Chennai Super Kings, his highest score in the season at that time.

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Jos Buttler made his highest BBL score of 89 from 54 deliveries against Hobart Hurricanes, despite a seven-wicket defeat, before making 55 in a thrilling one-run win over Perth Scorchers.

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Jos Buttler departed as the tournament's leading run-scorer, with 273 from seven innings, making three half-centuries at an average of 39.00.

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Jos Buttler made a score of 89 from 43 deliveries against Mumbai Indians, hitting 28 runs off the 13th over.

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Jos Buttler started the campaign opening the batting before moving to the middle order to aid the "balance of the side".

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Jos Buttler scored 328 runs at an average of 33 with 2 half-centuries, including a match-winning 70* against Chennai Super Kings in Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

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Jos Buttler started the IPL batting at 4, scoring a rapid 25 in the opening game, continuing from the previous campaign.

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However, after Ben Stokes broke a finger in the team's first match, Jos Buttler was promoted to the opening berth.

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Jos Buttler scored his first century of the season against Mumbai Indians.

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Jos Buttler scored his second century of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders, and third against Delhi Capitals.

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Jos Buttler scored his 4th century of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore, which made him the first Overseas player to score 4 Hundreds in a single IPL edition and only the second player in the history of IPL after Virat Kohli.

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Jos Buttler scored 39 runs in the IPL 2022 final and ended the season with a total of 863 runs, the second highest in IPL history beating David Warner's 848 in IPL 2016.

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Jos Buttler secured the 2022 Orange Cap and the awards for most valuable player of the season, most sixes and most fours in the 2022 Edition.

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Jos Buttler is the highest-paid drafted player in the league along with Liam Livingstone.

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Jos Buttler was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to cricket.

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Jos Buttler was praised for "remaining cool and composed at the crease" and for his "dogged determination and decent range of shots" during the innings.

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In one day cricket, Jos Buttler quickly established a reputation as an aggressive batsman who could take control of a game at the end of an innings.

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Jos Buttler's wicket-keeping was "seen by some as having more potential" than his main rival for the job Jonny Bairstow and England wicket-keeper coach Bruce French spoke of his "natural hands" behind the stumps.

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Bairstow eventually became the outright wicket-keeper for Tests in December 2015 for the series against South Africa, and Jos Buttler was dropped from the Test side during 2016, whilst continuing to be the first-choice ODI and T20 wicket-keeper.

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Jos Buttler made his maiden first-class century in May 2010, scoring 144 for Somerset against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl, Southampton.

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Jos Buttler is yet to score a century in one-day matches in county cricket.