ian butler Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ian butler is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ian Gareth Butler
Born
November 24, 1981, Middlemore, Auckland
Age
41 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 8 | 26 | 19 | - |
Inn | 10 | 13 | 6 | - |
Runs | 76 | 84 | 5 | - |
Avg | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.0 | - |
SR | 46.63 | 54.55 | 50.0 | - |
HS | 26 | 25 | 2 | - |
NO | 2 | 5 | 5 | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | 10 | 6 | 0 | - |
6s | 1 | 2 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 8 | 26 | 19 | - |
Inn | 14 | 25 | 18 | - |
Balls | 1368 | 1109 | 358 | - |
Runs | 884 | 1038 | 481 | - |
Wkt | 24 | 28 | 23 | - |
BBI | 46 / 6 | 44 / 4 | 19 / 3 | - |
BBM | 146 / 7 | 44 / 4 | 19 / 3 | - |
Eco | 3.88 | 5.62 | 8.06 | - |
Avg | 36.83 | 37.07 | 20.91 | - |
5W | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- Gloucestershire
- Kent
- New Zealand A
- New Zealand Under-19s
- North Island
- Northamptonshire
- Northamptonshire 2nd XI
- Northern Districts
- NZCPA Masters XI
- Otago
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
While his Test appearances have been sporadic, so too has been his caps in the shorter form of the game. In a 9 year long career, Butler has had only 24 caps stitched together in a span of 7 years. He has had some reasonable success within the period though with his best effort being 4/44 against Pakistan during the Champions Trophy in 2009.
Butler played his last game, a T20 against Pakistan in December, 2010 and it seems that he might find wearing the uniform of the Black Caps a distant dream. He returned to the side after 3 years in February 2013 on the back of some good performances for his T20 side Otage Volts, but could not contribute consistently in the 4 games that he played. All his matches were against England and he picked up only 3 wickets and was very expensive.
Interesting Fact: In an interview in March 2014, Ian Butler said \"that he played Tests too early\" and hence was not able to perform at the levels he would have if he had been groomed before hand.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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. But four games later, with only seven wickets to boast of, he was cast into the wilderness from where he returned only in 2009. A good domestic season prompted his call-up to the Twenty20 squad to play Australia. He was then retained for the home Twenty20s against India, where he took four wickets. That performance earned him a recall to the one-day side.
Lynn McConnell February 2009