Stats: Jos Buttler's record-breaking ton crushes Pakistan

Buttler salutes after reaching his fifty

Jos Buttler scored a record-breaking century in just 46 balls today to demolish Pakistan’s bowling attack at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. He stamped his name on the record books by scoring the quickest one-day international hundred in England's history.

England also made a record-breaking total of 355 for 5 in the first innings with the help of Buttler’s swashbuckling innings which was also their highest ODI total recorded in the UAE and highest total outside England. Only four times have they scored more.

He is the first Englishman to score 100 runs in the last ten overs in the ODI, joining AB de Villiers who has achieved this feat twice and Rohit Sharma once.

Buttler was promoted to number 4 after opener Jason Roy, who scored his maiden ODI century. Roy’s ton gave England a dream start and Buttler the freedom to unleash his quick-fire innings.

The English batsman’s innings included eight sixes, which is another record for an England player in ODI cricket. He became the fastest centurion for England by breaking his own record of scoring a century in 61 balls against New Zealand earlier this year.

This was also the fastest century by any batsman against the Pakistani cricket team. The previous quickest ODI century against Pakistan was scored by Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya in 48 balls at Singapore in 1996.

With the swashbuckling century, Buttler also enters the top 10 fastest centurions list where he stands eighth now.

BUTTLER’S THREE FASTEST CENTURIES

Balls	Against	Year
47	Pakistan	2015
61	New Zealand	2015
66	Sri Lanka	2013

TOP 10 FASTEST ODI CENTURIONS

Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Player	Match	Venue	Year
149	31	16	9	AB de Villiers	South Africa v West Indies	Johannesburg	18/01/15
131*	36	14	6	CJ Anderson	New Zealand v West Indies	Queenstown	01/01/14
102	37	11	6	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi	04/10/96
147*	44	10	8	MV Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	20/09/06
117	45	4	18	BC Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	Dhaka	09/10/99
102	45	9	10	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Kanpur	15/04/05
104	46	5	12	JD Ryder	New Zealand v West Indies	Queenstown	01/01/14
116*	46	8	10	JC Buttler	England v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	20/11/15
134	48	11	11	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	02/04/96
113	50	6	13	KJ O'Brien	Ireland v England	Bangalore	02/03/11

Many took to Twitter to congratulate Buttler on achieving the new feat:

@josbuttler that record will take some beating!!!! Simply out of this world!!! pic.twitter.com/Wioxs6IA4S

— Neil Fairbrother (@Harv366) November 20, 2015

Great to see two of the most naturally talented players in England post 100's today @JasonRoy20 @josbuttler #wellbatted

— Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) November 20, 2015

I ❤ï¸Â @JasonRoy20 & @josbuttler! #Entertainers

— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) November 20, 2015

Oh my word #buttler #EngvPak

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) November 20, 2015

This is why butler is key for English cricket. I went away from my tv for 15/20 mins and he has moved from 30 to 84

— Niall John O Brien (@niallnobiobrien) November 20, 2015

Most ODI 100s after coming into bat after 25th over: 5 AB de Villiers 2 Virat Kohli, JOS BUTTLER #PakvsEng

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 20, 2015