Southampton, Sept. 7 -- England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler stands 43 runs away from reaching the 12,000 international runs for his country ahead of his side's third ODI against South Africa at Southampton.

If Buttler manages to reach this milestone, he would only be the seventh English batter to do so.

Currently, in 387 matches, Buttler has scored 11,957 runs at an average of 36.12, with a strike rate of 95.49, with 14 centuries and 73 fifties. He is England's seventh-highest run-getter ever.

In the ongoing series against South Africa, Buttler registered scores of 15 and 61 in the previous two ODIs. In 20 international matches this year, Buttler has scored 639 runs at an average of 35.50, a strike rate of over 113, with four half-...