Jos Buttler celebrates epic milestone during T20 Blast 2025 against Yorkshire

The former England white-ball captain, Jos Buttler, who resigned from the leadership after the end of a poor campaign in the Champions Trophy 2025, has celebrated an epic record in the shortest format of the game during the second-last group-stage clash for Lancashire against Yorkshire in the T20 Blast contest at Leeds in Headingley.

Buttler has been a successful performer with the bat in various T20 leagues around the globe. Since his resumption in the IPL, he has been a regular and vital member of the Rajasthan Royals and later on the Gujarat Titans. The England batter has smashed overall 4120 runs in 119 innings at an average of 40 and a strike rate of nearly 150, thanks to seven centuries and 24 fifties at the best score of 124 runs.

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In the recent season, the right-handed batter clubbed 538 runs in 13 innings at an average of nearly 60 and a strike rate of 163, with five fifties. The Taunton-born becomes the second England batter to celebrate 13000 runs in the T20s, alongside the former opener, Alex Hales. Buttler now has drilled 13046 runs in 431 innings at a strike rate of 145.97, thanks to 93 fifties and eight centuries at the best score of 124.

Jos Buttler celebrates epic milestone of 13000 T20 runs during T20 Blast 2025

Buttler walked out to bat in the fourth over of the innings when the Roses lost their captain, Keaton Jennings, for seven runs. Phil Salt smashed 42 runs in 29 balls, but none of the batters were able to give a good hand to the former national captain, who kept nailing the boundaries from one end.

Player. 😎🔥 @josbuttler

Last night, Jos Buttler became only the second English player to pass 13,000 career T20 runs. 🌹👏

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— Lancashire Lightning (@lancscricket) July 18, 2025

Buttler finished with 77 runs in 46 balls against the Dawid Malan-led side to carry them to 174 in 19.5 overs. The home side was never in the chase from the start and got rolled over for 153 runs in 19.1 overs, with only Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafique collecting a fine knock of 54 runs in 34 balls at a strike rate of 158.82. With the victory, Lancashire qualifies for the home quarter-final of the tournament.

Buttler becomes the seventh cricketer to breach 13000 T20 runs. The topper of the list is the left-handed West Indies opener, Chris Gayle, who has smashed 14562 runs. Alex Hales is third on the list with 13814 runs.