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Luke Butterworth

Australia

Player profile

Full name Luke Rex Butterworth
Born October 28, 1983, Hobart, Tasmania
Current age 24 years 314 days
Major teams Tasmania
Nickname Buttsy
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.86 m
Relations Brother - N Butterworth

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 14 23 1 678 116 30.81 1347 50.33 2 3 80 4 11 0
List A 32 27 5 366 44 16.63 491 74.54 0 0 6 0
Twenty20 3 3 1 41 36 20.50 39 105.12 0 0 5 0 0 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 14 23 2071 1125 38 4/18 6/80 29.60 3.25 54.5 4 0 0
List A 32 1333 1134 33 3/32 3/32 34.36 5.10 40.3 0 0 0
Twenty20 3 3 48 72 1 1/23 1/23 72.00 9.00 48.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
First-class debut New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Jan 27-29, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Mar 7-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2003/04
Last List A Tasmania v Sri Lankans at Hobart, Feb 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Queensland v Tasmania at Toowoomba, Jan 1, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard

 Profile

A highly-talented allrounder, Luke Butterworth sensationally combined his batting and bowling skills to win the Man-of-the-Match award in Tasmania's Pura Cup final victory. Although it was only his fifth game, he displayed supreme composure with 66 in the first innings and 106 in the second. Butterworth, who had not previously scored a first-class half-century, also claimed 4 for 33 in New South Wales' first innings with his sharp medium-pace seamers. He came into the season still awaiting his Pura Cup debut but Ricky Ponting was so impressed when he led Butterworth in a state one-day game in November that he encouraged the Tigers to give the young allrounder more responsibilities. Until the final, he looked most dangerous as a bowler and he had important four-wicket hauls in wins against South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. He finished his excellent debut Pura Cup season with 23 wickets at 19.56 and 276 runs at 34.5. Butterworth earned a part-time Academy place for 2007 and the national selectors hinted that he might have a bright future by choosing him in Australia's preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship. A former Australia Under-19 representative and a familiar face in Tasmania's limited-overs team for four years, Butterworth added eight FR Cup games to his tally in 2006-07.
Cricinfo staff July 2007

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Mar 10, 2008

Luke Butterworth's 79 was Tasmania's top score
Luke Butterworth's 79 was Tasmania's top score
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Mar 23, 2007

Man of the Match Luke Butterworth lifts the Pura Cup
Man of the Match Luke Butterworth lifts the Pura Cup
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Mar 22, 2007

Luke Butterworth takes the applause after reaching triple-figures
Luke Butterworth takes the applause after reaching triple-figures
© Getty Images

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