Full name Luke Rex Butterworth
Born October 28, 1983, Hobart, Tasmania
Current age 26 years 10 days
Major teams Tasmania
Nickname Buttsy
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.90 m
Relation Brother - N Butterworth
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 26 | 46 | 2 | 1166 | 116 | 26.50 | 2559 | 45.56 | 2 | 4 | 141 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| List A | 39 | 32 | 6 | 525 | 114* | 20.19 | 669 | 78.47 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 36 | 15.00 | 49 | 91.83 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 26 | 44 | 3675 | 1914 | 69 | 5/13 | 8/57 | 27.73 | 3.12 | 53.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| List A | 39 | 1602 | 1398 | 41 | 3/32 | 3/32 | 34.09 | 5.23 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 72 | 1 | 1/23 | 1/23 | 72.00 | 9.00 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Jan 27-29, 2007 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Nov 1-4, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2003/04 |
| Last List A | Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Oct 30, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Queensland v Tasmania at Toowoomba, Jan 1, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Jan 4, 2009 scorecard |
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 in 2006-07. 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 2006 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 and the year was capped off with an Australia A call-up for the 2007 trip to Pakistan.
The following season was a year of consolidation rather than great heroics. He missed only one Pura Cup match and compiled 402 runs at 28.71, including another century against New South Wales. Although he had been a familiar face in Tasmania's limited-overs team for five years, Butterworth was used only three times in the FR Cup in 2007-08. A former Australia Under-19 representative, Butterworth will be aiming to make Tasmania's No. 6 batting spot his own in 2007-08.
Cricinfo staff September 2008
- Butterworth slips into match-winning mode (Mar 7, 2009)
- Robinson bucks trend on bowlers' day (Feb 16, 2009)
- North hundred avoids wooden spoon for Warriors (Feb 14, 2009)
- Tasmania seal fine win in less than an over (Dec 19, 2008)
- Jewell shines as Victoria dominate (Nov 16, 2008)
Nov 1, 2009
Chris Swan picks up Luke Butterworth for 22
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Mar 10, 2008
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
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