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Ian Butler
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
IB
53Internationals
165Career runs
0Centuries
75Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 10
- Runs
- 76
- Average
- 9.50
- Strike rate
- 46.62
- Highest score
- 26
- Not outs
- 2
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- 10
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 163
Bowling
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 14
- Balls
- 1,368
- Maidens
- 37
- Runs conceded
- 884
- Wickets
- 24
- Average
- 36.83
- Economy
- 3.87
- Strike rate
- 57.00
- Best innings
- 6/46
- Best match
- 7/146
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 8
- Innings
- 14
- Catches
- 4
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 4
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 4
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.285
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 26
- Innings
- 13
- Runs
- 84
- Average
- 10.50
- Strike rate
- 54.54
- Highest score
- 25
- Not outs
- 5
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- 6
- 6s
- 2
- Balls faced
- 154
Bowling
- Matches
- 26
- Innings
- 25
- Balls
- 1,109
- Maidens
- 6
- Runs conceded
- 1,038
- Wickets
- 28
- Average
- 37.07
- Economy
- 5.61
- Strike rate
- 39.60
- Best innings
- 4/44
- Best match
- 4/44
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 26
- Innings
- 25
- Catches
- 8
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 8
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 8
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.320
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
T20I
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 19
- Innings
- 6
- Runs
- 5
- Average
- 5.00
- Strike rate
- 50.00
- Highest score
- 2*
- Not outs
- 5
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 10
Bowling
- Matches
- 19
- Innings
- 18
- Balls
- 358
- Maidens
- 1
- Runs conceded
- 481
- Wickets
- 23
- Average
- 20.91
- Economy
- 8.06
- Strike rate
- 15.56
- Best innings
- 3/19
- Best match
- 3/19
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 19
- Innings
- 19
- Catches
- 3
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 3
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 3
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.157
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
59 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-11-19 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | T20I | No result |
| 2013-06-27 | England v New Zealand | T20I | No result |
| 2013-06-25 | England v New Zealand | T20I | New Zealand won by 5 runs |
| 2013-02-15 | New Zealand v England | T20I | England won by 10 wickets |
| 2013-02-12 | New Zealand v England | T20I | New Zealand won by 55 runs |
| 2010-12-28 | New Zealand v Pakistan | T20I | New Zealand won by 39 runs |
| 2010-05-10 | England v New Zealand | T20I | England won by 3 wickets |
| 2010-05-08 | New Zealand v Pakistan | T20I | New Zealand won by 1 runs |
| 2010-02-11 | New Zealand v Bangladesh | ODI | New Zealand won by 3 wickets |
| 2010-02-08 | New Zealand v Bangladesh | ODI | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| 2009-11-13 | New Zealand v Pakistan | T20I | Pakistan won by 7 runs |
| 2009-11-12 | New Zealand v Pakistan | T20I | Pakistan won by 49 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | N/A | 57.69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.62 | N/A |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3.66 | 40.74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 38.70 | 3.77 | 61.50 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 26 | 10.00 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 7 | 14 | 32.50 | 4.15 | 46.92 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | N/A | 61.90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 33.66 | 5.61 | 36.00 |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 | 65 | 25 | 10.83 | 63.10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 9 | 11 | 34.45 | 5.57 | 37.09 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 28.75 | 5.43 | 31.75 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3.00 | 20.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 54.66 | 5.80 | 56.50 |
T20I
Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28.33 | 7.96 | 21.33 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16.00 | 7.11 | 13.50 |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.00 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24.07 | 8.23 | 17.53 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v England · Christchurch
- Highest recorded innings · 26 runs
Test v West Indies · Bridgetown
- Best recorded bowling · 6/46
Test v Pakistan · Wellington
- Latest available scorecard
T20I v England · Kennington Oval