SOMERSET player and ex-King’s College student Jos Buttler has been named Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year.
Buttler is the third winner of the award, which was introduced in 2008 to raise the profile of schools cricket.
He scored 554 runs for King’s in 2009 and also played for Somerset.
The county showed their high opinion of Buttler’s talents by including him in their squad for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 competition in India, where he played against the eventual winners New South Wales.
Buttler went on to play for England in the Under-19 World Cup.
Buttler, who also keeps wicket, is set to get an extended run in the Somerset side when Craig Kieswetter joins up with the England squad for the ICC World Twenty20 later this month.
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