In the 12th match of The Hundred 2025, played between Welsh Fire and Manchester Originals on August 13th, Manchester's star batsman Jos Buttler achieved a special milestone.
Sports News: England's star batsman Jos Buttler has added another significant achievement to his T20 cricket career. He has surpassed Pakistan's captain Babar Azam to secure the third position in the list of batsmen with the most half-centuries in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat during the 12th match of The Hundred 2025 against Welsh Fire.
Buttler's Record-Breaking Performance
In the match played on August 13th, Manchester Originals captain Jos Buttler played a brilliant innings of 57 runs off 34 balls. With this half-century, his total number of half-centuries in his T20 career reached 94, surpassing Babar Azam (93 half-centuries). Buttler is now third in the list of batsmen with the most half-centuries in T20 cricket.
He is preceded only by Australia's David Warner and India's Virat Kohli. Batsmen with the most half-centuries in T20 cricket:
- David Warner – 113 half-centuries (418 innings)
- Virat Kohli – 105 half-centuries (397 innings)
- Jos Buttler – 94 half-centuries (436 innings)
- Babar Azam – 93 half-centuries (309 innings)
- Chris Gayle – 88 half-centuries (455 innings)
Match Summary
In the match between Welsh Fire and Manchester Originals, Welsh Fire batted first and scored 138 runs in 100 balls. No batsman from the team could play a big innings. Steve Smith and Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored the highest with 26 runs each. Besides them, Tom Abell added 22 runs in 17 balls and Chris Green scored 19 runs in 9 balls.
For Manchester, Josh Tongue and Scott Currie took 3 wickets each. Chasing the target, the Manchester Originals team was all out for 112 runs in 97 balls. Jos Buttler played an innings of 57 runs in 34 balls, which included several brilliant fours and sixes. This was his fifth half-century in The Hundred.
Apart from Buttler, only Luis Gregory was able to stay at the crease for a while, scoring 21 runs in 19 balls. The remaining batsmen failed completely. For Welsh Fire, वे पर्नेल and David Payne bowled brilliantly, taking 4 wickets each.
