Ian Butler (cricketer)

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Ian Butler
Personal information
Full name
Ian Gareth Butler
Born (1981-11-24) 24 November 1981 (age 42)
Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 218)13 March 2002 v England
Last Test22 October 2004 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 127)13 February 2002 v England
Last ODI11 February 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.2 (prev. 60)
T20I debut (cap 35)15 February 2009 v Australia
Last T20I27 June 2013 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2007/08Northern Districts
2008/09–2013/14Otago
2003Gloucestershire
2004Kent
2010Gloucestershire
2013Notts
2014Northants
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 8 26 72 111
Runs scored 76 84 1,261 838
Batting average 9.50 10.50 18.82 15.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/1
Top score 26 25 73* 53*
Balls bowled 1,368 1,109 11,041 4,936
Wickets 24 28 204 136
Bowling average 36.83 37.07 30.95 32.80
5 wickets in innings 1 0 4 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/46 4/44 6/46 5/33
Catches/stumpings 4/– 8/– 16/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 December 2017

Ian Gareth Butler (born 24 November 1981) is a New Zealand

New Zealand
in all three formats of the game internationally.

Domestic career

At the age of 17, he had his first professional contract with Penrith in Lake District. The following year, he played for Purley in London.

He played for

Otago, representing them in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20
in India.

He had stints in English county cricket with Gloucestershire in 2003 and Kent in 2004.

In 2007 Butler played for Harborne Cricket Club in Birmingham, and coached some boys from King Edward's School Birmingham, Edgbaston. In 2008 he again played for Harborne Cricket Club, as well as Lashings Cricket Club in London.

He then re-signed for Gloucestershire in the

2010 Friends Provident t20
tournament. In 2014 Butler signed for Northamptonshire.

International career

Although overshadowed by express speedster

Northern Districts
.

Butler was recalled to the New Zealand squad in early 2009, and played in a

Australia in Sydney, going on to play in the 2009 and 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments in England and the West Indies
.

Retirement

In 2014, Butler announced his retirement from cricket.[1] In January 2022, Butler accepted the role of Director of Cricket at C.I.Y.M.S. Cricket Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ian Butler announces retirement". ESPNcricinfo. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Butler joins CIYMS". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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