For the second time in their history, England's men are T20 champions of the world - and it was a Somerset man who led them to victory.

Jos Buttler, the England cricket captain was born in Taunton and grew up in Wedmore. He began his career at Somerset, before going on to play for the likes of Lancashire and Sydney Thunder.

While England have had many players down the ages who have gained world acclaim, Jos is arguably their first global Twenty20 superstar - and the influence that Somerset has had on him and his career can't be underestimated.

Buttler was in the crowd at Taunton as a young spectator during the 1999 World Cup when India's Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid thrashed what was then the highest partnership in ODI cricket. He was hooked. Somerset gained special permission from the ECB to add him to their Academy at 12, two years early, and he came to prominence as a 19-year-old in the 2010 season for Somerset, especially in the one-day arena where his clear-minded and quick-footed aggressive batting helped him to 440 CB40 runs at 55.00.

He made his first-class debut against Lancashire at Taunton in 2009 and became a regular in the County Championship from May 2010 - playing a part in Somerset's title challenge that season. He combined in particularly potent fashion with Kieron Pollard in Somerset's run to Twenty20 Finals Day in both 2010 and 2011, and impressed in the 2011 CB40 final, making 86 from 72 balls in Somerset's defeat to Surrey.

He made his international debut in late 2011 and became a fixture of England's T20 side. A first ODI appearance came against Pakistan in the UAE during the winter, though he had to wait almost a year for his second cap, this time as a wicketkeeper.

When Ashley Giles took over as limited-overs coach one of his first key decision was to ditch Craig Kieswetter for Buttler on a tour of India. With Kieswetter still preferred as Somerset's gloveman, that rivalry caused Buttler to leave the West Country and switch to Lancashire for the 2014 season.

England looked to him for impetus and increasingly, he delivered, striking 99 against West Indies at North Sound and kicking off the 2014 ODI summer with a first hundred against Sri Lanka at Lord's as he led a failed run chase virtually single-handed. When Matt Prior became stricken by Achilles trouble - what proved to be a career-ending injury - the selectors gambled by throwing Buttler into the Test team. He scored five half-centuries in his first eight Tests, including 85 on debut against India at the Ageas Bowl.

His seniority was recognised when he was named Morgan's vice-captain for the 2015 World Cup and, although that tournament was an unhappy one for England, Buttler was a key member of the side that reached the final of the World T20 a year later.

He remained integral to the 50-over side building into the World Cup but In the final, his skill in run chases came to the fore: coming in with England wobbling at 86 for 4 in a chase of 242, he kept them alive with 59 off 60 balls in a 110-run stand with Ben Stokes, and while he could not see them home, he managed seven runs off three balls in the Super Over, and completed the run-out of Martin Guptill to win England the trophy.

And on Sunday, after England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the T20 World Cup, the team led by Jos became the first men's team to hold the sport's two great limited-overs trophies simultaneously,

Speaking after the final, Jos told a press conference his England team is in the conversation to be the greatest white-ball team of all time.

"To have won in 2019 and now win this T20 World Cup, as well, it just shows the vision at the start that people had where we could get to as an England white ball team," he said. "There's no reason why we shouldn't go on from strength to strength."