Keith Butler (English cricketer)

Keith Andrew Butler (born 20 January 1971) is a former English cricketer. Butler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Camden Town, London.

Keith Butler
Personal information
Full name
Keith Andrew Butler
Born (1971-01-20) 20 January 1971 (age 53)
Camden Town, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993Suffolk
1989-1992Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 1 5
Runs scored 10 23
Batting average 11.50
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 10* 17
Balls bowled 6
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2010

Butler made his one and only first-class appearance for Essex in 1989 against Cambridge University.[1] In his match he scored an unbeaten 10 runs.[2]

Butler made his List A debut for Essex in the same season against Somerset. From 1989 to 1992, he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Gloucestershire.[3] At the end of the 1992 season he was released by Essex.

The following season the joined Suffolk. During that season he played his final List A match in his only appearance in that format for Suffolk, which came against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy.[4] In his career total of 5 List A matches, he scored 23 runs at a batting average of 11.50, with a high score of 17. In the field he took 2 catches.

It was during the 1993 season that he made his Minor Counties Championship debut against Bedfordshire. During the 1993 season he represented the county in 8 Championship matches, the last of which came against Northumberland.[5] He made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county in the same season against Cambridgeshire.[6] The 1993 season was his only season with Suffolk.

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