Wicket keeper opening batsmen scoring fifties in Twenty20 Internationals
JC Butler’s 73 not out in the only T20I between England and Sri Lanka at Southampton on 05.07.16 provide the 34th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | BRM Taylor | 60* | 2 | Zim | Aus | Cape Town | 12 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | BB McCullum | 59 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 28 Dec 2008 |
| 3 | TM Dilshan | 61 | 1 | Srl | Ind | Colombo (RPS) | 10 Feb 2009 |
| 4 | BB McCullum | 61 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Sydney | 15 Feb 2009 |
| 5 | BB McCullum | 56* | 2 | NZl | Ind | Christchurch | 25 Feb 2009 |
| 6 | BB McCullum | 69* | 2 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 27 Feb 2009 |
| 7 | Kamran Akmal | 57 | 1 | Pak | Ire | The Oval | 15 Jun 2009 |
| 8 | NJ O’Brien | 50 | 2 | Ire | Can | Colombo (SSC) | 03 Feb 2010 |
| 9 | BB McCullum | 56* | 2 | NZl | Ban | Hamilton | 03 Feb 2010 |
| 10 | Kamran Akmal | 73 | 1 | Pak | Ban | Gros Islet | 1 May 2010 |
| 11 | Kamran Akmal | 50 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Gros Islet | 14 May 2010 |
| 12 | C Kieswetter | 63 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Bridgetown | 16 May 2010 |
| 13 | C Kieswetter | 58* | 2 | Eng | Win | The Oval | 23 Sep 2011 |
| 14 | BB McCullum | 81* | 2 | NZl | Zim | Harare | 15 Oct 2011 |
| 15 | BB McCullum | 64 | 1 | NZl | Zim | Harare | 17 Oct 2011 |
| 16 | MS Wade | 72 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 01 Feb 2012 |
| 17 | C Kieswetter | 50 | 1 | Eng | RSA | Birmingham | 12 Sep 2012 |
| 18 | Mohammad Shahzad | 68 | 2 | Afg | HKG | Chittagong | 18 Mar 2014 |
| 19 | SP Khakurel | 56 | 1 | Nep | Afg | Chittagong | 20 Mar 2014 |
| 20 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 76* | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dubai (DSC) | 04 Dec 2014 |
| 21 | MN van Wyk | 114* | 1 | RSA | Win | Durban | 14 Jan 2015 |
| 22 | Mohammad Shahzad | 74 | 2 | Afg | UAE | Edinburgh | 10 Jul 2015 |
| 23 | W Barresi | 75 | 1 | Net | Sco | Edinburgh | 11 Jul 2015 |
| 24 | Mohammad Shahzad | 75 | 1 | Afg | Sco | Edinburgh | 12 Jul 2015 |
| 25 | AB de Villiers | 51 | 2 | RSA | Ind | Dharamsala | 02 Oct 2015 |
| 26 | ADS Fletcher | 57 | 2 | Win | Srk | Pallekele | 09 Nov 2015 |
| 27 | Mohammad Shahzad | 60 | 1 | Afg | Oman | Abu Dhabi | 30 Nov 2015 |
| 28 | Mohammad Shahzad | 118* | 1 | Afg | Zim | Sharjah | 10 Jan 2016 |
| 29 | AB de Villiers | 71 | 2 | RSA | Eng | Johannesburg | 21 Feb 2016 |
| 30 | LD Chandimal | 50 | 1 | Srl | UAE | Dhaka | 25 Feb 2016 |
| 31 | JJ Atkinson | 53 | 2 | HKG | Zim | Nagpur | 08 Mar 2016 |
| 32 | Mohammad Shahzad | 61 | 1 | Afg | Sco | Nagpur | 08 Mar 2016 |
| 33 | Q de Kock | 52 | 1 | RSA | Eng | Mumbai | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 34 | JC Buttler | 73* | 2 | Eng | Srl | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 |
JC Buttler became the second England wicket keeper opening batsman to score a fifty in T20Is. His fifty provides the fourth such occasion by an England wicket keeper opening batsman. It also represents the highest score by an England wicket keeper opener in T20Is . The previous best was 63 by C Kieswetter against Australia at Bridgetown on 16.05.10
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | C Kieswetter | 63 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Bridgetown | 16 May 2010 |
| 2 | C Kieswetter | 58* | 2 | Eng | Win | The Oval | 23 Sep 2011 |
| 3 | C Kieswetter | 50 | 1 | Eng | RSA | Birmingham | 12 Sep 2012 |
| 4 | JC Buttler | 73* | 2 | Eng | Srl | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 |
JC Buttler became the second wicket keeper opening batsman to score a fifty against Sri Lanka in T20Is. His 73 not out represents the highest score by a wicket keeper opening batsman against Sri Lanka in T20Is. The previous best was 57 by ADS Fletcher of West Indies at Pallekele on 09.11.15
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | ADS Fletcher | 57 | 2 | Win | Srk | Pallekele | 09 Nov 2015 |
| 2 | JC Buttler | 73* | 2 | Eng | Srl | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 |
Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan and MN van Wyk of South Africa are the only two wicket keeper opening batsman to score centuries in T20Is
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mohammad Shahzad | 118* | 1 | Afg | Zim | Sharjah | 10 Jan 2016 |
| 2 | MN van Wyk | 114* | 1 | RSA | Win | Durban | 14 Jan 2015 |
The following list shows the wicket keeper openers who have scored seventy plus runs in T20Is. Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan has scored seventy plus runs on three occasions which includes a century
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mohammad Shahzad | 118* | 1 | Afg | Zim | Sharjah | 10 Jan 2016 |
| 2 | MN van Wyk | 114* | 1 | RSA | Win | Durban | 14 Jan 2015 |
| 3 | BB McCullum | 81* | 2 | NZl | Zim | Harare | 15 Oct 2011 |
| 4 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 76* | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dubai (DSC) | 04 Dec 2014 |
| 5 | W Barresi | 75 | 1 | Net | Sco | Edinburgh | 11 Jul 2015 |
| 6 | Mohammad Shahzad | 75 | 1 | Afg | Sco | Edinburgh | 12 Jul 2015 |
| 7 | Mohammad Shahzad | 74 | 2 | Afg | UAE | Edinburgh | 10 Jul 2015 |
| 8 | JC Buttler | 73* | 2 | Eng | Srl | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 |
| 9 | Kamran Akmal | 73 | 1 | Pak | Ban | Gros Islet | 01 May 2010 |
| 10 | MS Wade | 72 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Sydney | 01 Feb 2012 |
| 11 | AB de Villiers | 71 | 2 | RSA | Eng | Johannesburg | 21 Feb 2016 |
BB McCullum of New Zealand {07} and Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan {06} are the only two wicket keeper openers to have scored fifty plus runs on five or more occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two wicket keeper openers
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mohammad Shahzad | 68 | 2 | Afg | HKG | Chittagong | 18 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | Mohammad Shahzad | 74 | 2 | Afg | UAE | Edinburgh | 10 Jul 2015 |
| 3 | Mohammad Shahzad | 75 | 1 | Afg | Sco | Edinburgh | 12 Jul 2015 |
| 4 | Mohammad Shahzad | 60 | 1 | Afg | Oman | Abu Dhabi | 30 Nov 2015 |
| 5 | Mohammad Shahzad | 118* | 1 | Afg | Zim | Sharjah | 10 Jan 2016 |
| 6 | Mohammad Shahzad | 61 | 1 | Afg | Sco | Nagpur | 08 Mar 2016 |
| 1 | BB McCullum | 59 | 1 | NZl | Win | Hamilton | 28 Dec 2008 |
| 2 | BB McCullum | 61 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Sydney | 15 Feb 2009 |
| 3 | BB McCullum | 56* | 2 | NZl | Ind | Christchurch | 25 Feb 2009 |
| 4 | BB McCullum | 69* | 2 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 27 Feb 2009 |
| 5 | BB McCullum | 56* | 2 | NZl | Ban | Hamilton | 03 Feb 2010 |
| 6 | BB McCullum | 81* | 2 | NZl | Zim | Harare | 15 Oct 2011 |
| 7 | BB McCullum | 64 | 1 | NZl | Zim | Harare | 17 Oct 2011 |