SOMERSET cricket legend Jos Buttler has been reminded of his time in the county during a special presentation full of memories.

The Taunton-born batter – who started his career in the county and played for Somerset between 2009 and 2013 – was presented with a specially-decorated helmet by sponsor, Vitality, which featured drawings marking some of his cricketing memories and achievements.

It was handed over by Paul Brice, a long-standing member of Cheddar Cricket Club, where Jos started out alongside his brother.

“My earliest memories of Cheddar, are of you (Mr Brice) playing with my brother and those kinds of things, so me actually not being involved in the game,” he said.

“But I just sort of remember being that annoying younger brother really who was in and around the changing rooms, trying to pick up everyone’s kit, and try and help out but actually being a pain in the a**e, probably.”

The helmet also documented a match for Somerset U12s against Glastonbury Cricket Club, which is where the young Jos hit his first century – and earned a reward.

“At that point I’d never scored a 100 and dad was saying, ‘You know, whenever you get your first hundred, I’ll give you £100’,” he said. “Which obviously felt like I was going to be a millionaire.”

Jos scored his first hundred in a game between SOmerset U12s and Glastonbury CC. Picture: Vitality/England Cricket

The helmet also marked Somerset v Lancashire in 2009.

“That was my first-class debut,” Jos, a former King’s College Taunton student, said. “I just remember being so nervous.

“The last day was spent at short leg, getting the ball whipped into me by VVS Laxman who batted all day with Mal Loye, and we didn’t take a single wicket on the last day.”

Then, the helmet took him on to bigger things – including when Jos whipped off the bails to ensure an England super over victory against New Zealand in the final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

“It’s the one moment in an England shirt, or anything, I wish I could relive – that 60 seconds having broken the bails,” he said. “I’ve never felt a sense of euphoria like it.

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“Mostly, as well, because of the four years leading up to it and the journey wed been on as a team, and we spoke about grassroots cricket, as a group of mates, that team.

“If I could walk back into any dressing room … 2015 to 2019, (a) serious, serious group of mates who are all unbelievable cricketers, who ended up winning the world cup together, which was so special and trying to find the words for it is quite difficult.”

Then, as captain, he lifted the 2019 T20 World Cup after leading England to victory against Pakistan in the final at Melbourne.

“To lift a world cup as captain … lifting the world cup above my head in the night sky in Melbourne – an incredibly special, special time, my wife and two children were there as well.

“It’s really, really special to think back here in Cheddar, where it all started,” he added, pointing around the new helmet he described as being “as special as any piece of memorabilia I’ve ever seen”.

Jos with Paul Brice, from Cheddar CC. Picture: Vitality/England Cricket