Ian Butler (cricketer)

Ian Butler
Personal information
Full name
Ian Gareth Butler
Born (1981-11-24) 24 November 1981 (age 42)
Middlemore, New Zealand
NicknameButts
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
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 cricketer who has dual UK citizenship. Butler was born in Middlemore in the Auckland urban area. He has represented New Zealand in all three formats of the game internationally.