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Full name Ian Gareth Butler
Born November 24, 1981, Middlemore, Auckland
Current age 26 years 237 days
Major teams New Zealand,Kent,Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
10
2
76
26
9.50
163
46.62
0
0
10
1
4
0
ODIs
15
6
4
6
3
3.00
30
20.00
0
0
0
0
6
0
First-class
37
46
16
489
68
16.30
0
2
9
0
List A
62
38
12
295
47
11.34
0
0
12
0
Twenty20
9
9
2
79
21
11.28
61
129.50
0
0
6
5
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
14
1368
884
24
6/46
7/146
36.83
3.87
57.0
1
1
0
ODIs
15
14
593
558
14
3/41
3/41
39.85
5.64
42.3
0
0
0
First-class
37
5927
3505
113
6/46
31.01
3.54
52.4
7
2
0
List A
62
2637
2378
64
3/15
3/15
37.15
5.41
41.2
0
0
0
Twenty20
9
9
155
220
7
3/19
3/19
31.42
8.51
22.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Mar 13-16, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, Oct 19-22, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 13, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne (Dock), Dec 5, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
2001/02 - 2004/05
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Otago v Northern Districts at Invercargill, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Sussex at Canterbury, Jul 13, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northern Districts v Canterbury at Whangarei, Jan 29, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Ian Butler, a fast bowler, had his introduction to international cricket when Shane Bond was injured. While not as fast as Bond, Butler is much younger and has the potential to develop more speed. He also has an uncanny ability to extract troublesome lift from surfaces others are unable to exploit. After four Tests spread out in 2001 and 2002, a spell with Gloucestershire in 2003 was the preview to his tour of India with the Test side, and he made a good showing in the second Test when he replaced the injured Jacob Oram. Bowling on a benign surface at Mohali, he consistently got the ball through at a good pace. A Test-best 6 for 46 followed against Pakistan at Wellington in 2004, and although he missed out on the Test series in England in 2004, he was called up the one-day squad after Shane Bond was forced to return home early. Lynn McConnell October 2004
