On October 12, 2026, Jos Buttler had surgery on his left hamstring. He will now be out for a long time. The medical team has not given a time frame for his return.

On Monday, October 12, Jos Buttler , 36, posted on Instagram about the news. He was on a hospital bed with his left leg in a brace and gave a thumbs up.

When England lost the second ODI against Sri Lanka at Headingley on September 24, 2026, the leg problem showed up for the first time. When Buttler got hurt in the middle of an inning, he had to leave the field. He came back for a short time to bat, but eventually had to leave again. During that innings, he hit five sixes and made 69 runs off of 49 balls before getting hurt.

Which tasks might Jos Buttler  miss because he has surgery?

Before the operation, Buttler was already pulled from England’s tri-series tour of Pakistan. The tour group was supposed to leave later this week. The surgery on October 12, 2026, makes it less likely that a number of other plans will be kept in the coming months.

On October 13, 2026, the ECB was supposed to announce its team for the Australia white-ball tour. Buttler doesn’t look like he’ll be in that series in November. His contract with the Super Giants of Durban for the SA20, which starts on January 17, 2027, is also unclear since there is still no date set for his recovery.

On the same day that Buttler had surgery, the ECB confirmed that both he and leg-spinner Adil Rashid would be getting one-year extensions on their contracts. Before the 50-over World Cup in 2027, which is set to take place in South Africa, Buttler’s new deal will end.

In what shape had Jos Buttler  been before he got hurt?

Prior to the Headingley match, Jos Buttler  had been batting with white balls in a way that was more steady than ever before in his career. He scored 466 runs in nine white-ball internationals after the T20 World Cup. This included the 69-ball knock at Headingley that ended with him leaving the field.

Earlier in 2026, Jos Buttler  scored 87 runs to help England make it to the T20 World Cup semifinals. He led the Manchester Super Giants to the Hundred title in domestic cricket and was the first male cricketer to score 15,000 T20 runs, which showed how important he was in the shortest format.

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That’s not the first time Buttler’s left hamstring has given him trouble. He couldn’t play in the 2024 IPL season because of a similar injury to the same area, and the fact that it happened again is thought to be a worry for the England medical team. There has been no official statement made about what the surgery is or how big it is.

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