Maiden T20 ton right up there: England’s Buttler

England’s Jos Buttler en route his 101 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah on Monday. Pic/AFP

Jos Buttler on Monday became the first England batsman to score a century in all three formats and rated his unbeaten 101 at the T20 World Cup as right up there in his glorious career. Buttler's maiden T20 ton steered England to 163 for seven and a 26-run win over Sri Lanka in Sharjah to extend their unbeaten streak to four in the Super 12 stage.

Buttler smashed six fours and six sixes in his 67-ball knock and put on 112 with skipper Eoin Morgan, who made 40, to lift England after they were in trouble at 35-3. "Right up there. Hopefully still more good days to come but I certainly enjoyed today," the wicketkeeper-batsman said on his first T20 hundred in 86 internationals. "To put in a performance in a World Cup, they're all must-win games in this tournament. Delighted to, I think, come through the innings, as well. At periods I was finding it tricky, so to use all my experience and stayed patient, trusted that it would come at some point in the innings. Obviously delighted with the win."

Buttler, 31, has two Test hundreds and nine ODI centuries since his international debut in 2011 during a T20 match against India in Manchester.

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