Cricket World Cup: Jos Buttler keen to make his mark with England

Jos Buttler is hoping to make a name for himself at the World Cup with some match-winning performances for England.

The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has established himself as a regular in the England side but he is keen to move to the next level in the tournament, which starts on Saturday in New Zealand and Australia.

"I don't want to be someone who is talked about who could be a good player for England," said Buttler.

"It's great to have potential and it's great to have talent, but there comes a stage where you want to be someone that the media and commentators don't talk like that. They talk about you being a performer for England.

"That's a stage where you have to get to."

Buttler points to newly-appointed India Test skipper Virat Kohli, who is two years his senior, as proof his time has come to become one of England's main men.

Kohli has already hit 21 ODI centuries in 150 games in the format, while Buttler will only step out for his 50th ODI in the World Cup opener against Australia next Saturday and he boasts just one century so far.

World's best

“Virat Kohli has played a lot more games, but he's only 26. No-one talks about his potential because he performs at a stage which is the world's best," Buttler said.

"I think age is irrelevant. It's about performance.

"No-one is the finished article, Virat Kohli is nowhere near the finished article, but he performs at a level that is world's best and that is what everyone aspires to get to as fast as they can."

Buttler has been restricted to a middle-order role for England that does not lend itself to consistent heavy scoring, but hopes to move up the order in the future.

"I don't really have (a favoured batting position)," he said.

"Coming into the England set-up, the back-end of an innings is where I've had a lot of success, trying to close out innings with 10-15 overs to go. I think that is a good place for me to bat.

"I'm ambitious to score bigger scores and I don't want to be pigeon-holed as someone who can only finish an innings.

"I want to be someone who can bat for 35-40 overs and get big hundreds. That's my ambition and if I get a chance to do that at any point then it is down to me to try and take those opportunities.

"At the time you do what is required of you in the best place where the coach and captain see you in the team."

You can watch every match of the 2015 ICC World Cup live on Sky Sports on our dedicated channel, including Australia against England from 3am on Sky Sports World Cup on Saturday 14 February.