Owen Fintan Xavier Butler (born 15 September 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish cricket

Cricket

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.

He made his debut for Ireland in June 1994 against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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. His List A debut came the following year in a Benson and Hedges Cup match against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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. His only first-class

First-class cricket

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 match was against Scotland

Scottish cricket team

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 in August 1996.

He was then absent from the Irish team for almost four years before making a comeback in the ICC Emerging Nations tournament in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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 in April 2000. Later that year, he played in the European Championship

European Cricket Championship

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, the match against Italy

Italian cricket team

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being his twelfth and, to date, last match for Ireland.