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1000-up for Brilliant Butler

(August 07, 2014)

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It has not escaped the attention of many, that on Sunday 27th July 2014, Pyestock's second longest serving player and captain Neil Butler reached the remarkable milestone of ONE THOUSAND wickets for the cricket club. 

To put this achievement into perspective, Neil is so far ahead of anyone else that has ever played for the club with Norrie Short (418*), Chris Heath (395), Paul Heath (301*) and Brian Fagg (290) completing the top five, just proving what a dominant force he has been throughout the decades. 

For those of you who wants to see Butlers full record, a season by season breakdown is provided below.

 Everyone at Pyestock cricket club congratulates Neil on this fantastic achievement!

 

Year	Wickets	best	Average
1982	7	unknown	12.57
1983	7	unknown	20.86
1984	1	unknown	9
1985	1	unknown	16
1986	1	unknown	32
1987	14	4-21	15.71
1988	50	6-13	4.88
1989	42	7-58	9.19
1990	32	7-19	unknown
1991	37	6-26	8.86
1992	68	8-70	6.49
1993	52	7-47	8.27
1994	84	8-34	8.73
1995	32	7-39	13.3
1996	43	5-25	10.47
1997	32	6-32	14.75
1998	53	7-25	10.15
1999	39	8-16	10.28
2000	55	7-22	7.89
2001	33	7-38	9.15
2002	41	8-14	9.49
2003	27	4-36	18.48
2004	22	4-32	20.59
2005	33	6-34	17.91
2006	16	6-6	25.31
2007	12	3-23	13.33
2008	17	8-20	5.53
2009	19	4-15	16.47
2010	9	3-28	13.89
2011	30	6-32	12
2012	37	9-6	9.65
2013	29	4-4	9.86
2014	25	7-7	Not applicable
TOTAL	1000

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