14833 runs — Buttler becomes leading T20 run-scorer
Buttler moved past Kieron Pollard with 14,833 career T20 runs during Manchester Super Giants' nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire.
Jos Buttler surpassed Kieron Pollard's benchmark during Manchester Super Giants' nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire in The Hundred at Old Trafford. He reached the landmark with an unbeaten 51 off 20 balls, hitting three successive sixes off Marco Jansen before adding two more off Lockie Ferguson.
Buttler now has 14,833 runs from 522 matches in his T20 career at an average of 35.36 and a strike rate of 147.02, including ten centuries and 106 fifties. Pollard sits second on 14,803 runs while Chris Gayle is third with 14,562. Tim Seifert remained unbeaten on 62 as Super Giants chased 156 with 31 balls to spare, ending a three-match losing streak.
Trent Rockets extended their lead at the top of the table with a fifth win in six games after restricting Birmingham Phoenix to 111 for six. Sam Billings sealed the chase with an unbeaten 31 as Rockets won with 17 balls remaining.
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Buttler's record now sits just 30 runs ahead of Pollard, so the next time these two face each other the lead could change hands inside a single innings.