Owen Butler

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Owen Butler
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches16
Runs scored12
Batting average 6.00
100s/50s0/0
Top score8
Balls bowled54348
Wickets 08
Bowling average 34.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling3/53
Catches/stumpings 0/–1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2021

Owen Fintan Xavier Butler (born 15 September 1975) [1] is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. [1]

He made his debut for Ireland in June 1994 against the MCC. [2] His List A debut came the following year in a Benson and Hedges Cup match against Surrey. [3] His only first-class match was against Scotland in August 1996. [4]

He was then absent from the Irish team for almost four years [2] before making a comeback in the ICC Emerging Nations tournament in Zimbabwe in April 2000. Later that year, he played in the European Championship, [5] the match against Italy being his twelfth and, to date, last match for Ireland. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cricket Archive profile
  2. 1 2 3 CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
  3. Owen Butler's List A matches at Cricket Archive
  4. Owen Butler's First-class matches at Cricket Archive
  5. "Ireland's squad in the 2000 European Championship". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2007.