JC Buttler of England joins the elite list of wicket keeper batsmen who have scored five or more fifties in Twenty20 Internationals
JC Buttler of England registered his fifth fifty as a wicket keeper batsman in T20Is when he scored 73 not out against England at Southampton on 05.07.16 in the only T20I. It also represents his second fifty against Sri Lanka in T20I. He had made 66 not out at Delhi on 26.03.16. This knock represents his highest score in T20Is. His previous best was 67 against West Indies at Bridgetown on 11.03.14. All his five fifties are listed below
| Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 54 | 2 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 12 Feb 2013 |
| 67 | 1 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 11 Mar 2014 |
| 54 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 21 Feb 2016 |
| 66* | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 26 Mar 2016 |
| 73* | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 |
With five fifties to his credit, JC Buttler became the fifth wicket keeper in the history of T20Is to score five or more fifties. He the first England wicket keeper to accomplish such a feat. Other to score five or more fifties in T20Is are – BB McCullum {10}, Mohammad Shahzad {10}, KC Sangakkara {08} and Kamran Akmal {05}
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 50+ |
| 1 | BB McCullum | NZl | 42 | 42 | 6 | 1352 | 123 | 37.55 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Mohammad Shahzad | Afg | 47 | 47 | 2 | 1349 | 118* | 29.97 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | KC Sangakkara | Srl | 56 | 53 | 9 | 1382 | 78 | 31.40 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | JC Buttler | Eng | 33 | 31 | 7 | 804 | 73* | 33.50 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Kamran Akmal | Pak | 53 | 48 | 6 | 876 | 73 | 20.85 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
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