Jos Buttler ruled out of Australia white-ball tour after hamstring surgery

Jos Buttler had surgery on his left hamstring and won't play England's white-ball tour of Australia. No return date has been set. He hurt the hamstring in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at Headingley last month, hitting 69 from 49 balls with five sixes before he pulled up. He retired hurt, came back, and didn't last long.

England lost that match but won the series without him. Buttler posted the news on Instagram from a hospital bed. His next cricket is pencilled in for the SA20 in January with Durban's Super Giants.

His central contract runs to September 2027, one year before the 50-over World Cup. Jordan Cox and Tom Banton, who covered for him in the Sri Lanka series, got new central contracts the same day the surgery was announced.