Jos Buttler to miss England's ODI series in Pakistan due to hamstring injury

[p]Buttler was forced to retire hurt during a one-day international against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] at Headingley last week before returning to bat in pain later in the match.[/p][p]The 36-year-old sat out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a]'s 223-run win over Sri Lanka at the Oval on Sunday and will not be fit in time for the tri-series against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] and Sri Lanka in October.[/p][p]Buttler this month became the first England batsman to score 10,000 runs in international white-ball cricket, including both 50-over ODIs and T20 matches.[/p][p][b]"Jos won't be in Pakistan," [/b]said England limited-overs coach Brendon McCullum.[/p][p]"We know he's an incredible athlete, we know he's supremely fit and an ultra-professional, so he'll do everything he can to get back as soon as possible but it's hard to judge how long that will be.[/p][p][b]"It's disappointing not to have Jos but it will be good for us to see where we're at."[/b][/p][embed guid="770c12ec-53b9-439a-a39e-cb3dbec98386" url="https://x.com/SkySportsNews/status/2104536558422343983" social-type="twitter" /][p]England are due to play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/pakistan-tS3K91g9/?mid=nJnmy29l"]two matches against Pakistan[/a] and two against Sri Lanka before a potential final appearance.[/p][p]Buttler's injury is likely to give Jordan Cox another chance to impress as England's wicketkeeper-batsman.[/p][p]Cox scored 76 from 52 balls against Sri Lanka at the Oval on his return to England's ODI side for the first time since 2024.[/p]