Jos Buttler faces lengthy recovery lay-off post hamstring injury surgery

Jos Buttler’s injury made for an abrupt end to a fine season for England’s former white-ball captain and double World Cup-winner. | Photo Credit: AP

Jos Buttler expressed that he is “more motivated than ever” to return to full fitness, after undergoing surgery on the left hamstring that he injured while batting during the ODI series against Sri Lanka in September.

Buttler, 36, pulled up injured during England’s defeat to Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Headingley. He had initially retired hurt before briefly resuming his innings.

Buttler revealed in an Instagram story post on Monday that he had undergone an operation, as he posed with thumbs up on a hospital bed, his left leg in a brace. “Succesful [sic] surgery and on the road to recovery,” he added. “Feeling more motivated than ever!”

He had already been ruled out of England’s tri-series in Pakistan, for which its ODI squad departs later this week. He is also set to miss the Australia white-ball tour in November, the squad for which is due to be announced on Tuesday morning.

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Buttler’s injury made for an abrupt end to a fine season for England’s former white-ball captain and double World Cup-winner. He had struggled for form during the T20 World Cup in India earlier this year, making a total of 87 runs in England’s run to the semifinal.

He followed that up with a run of 466 runs in nine white-ball internationals, including 69 off 49 balls, in the innings that culminated in his injury.

In addition, he also won the Hundred as captain of Manchester Super Giants, in the course of which campaign he became the first man to score 15,000 career T20 runs.