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        <title>Wagner set for county bow with Northants</title>
        <description>Neil Wagner is likely to make his English county debut, replacing the retired Ian Butler at Northamptonshire</description>
        
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        <title>Ian Butler announces retirement</title>
        <description>Ian Butler, the former New Zealand fast bowler, has announced his retirement from the game
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        <title>Butler and Brooks star as wickets tumble</title>
        <description>An opening day with echoes of the match against Lancashire in April, when 18 wickets fell, left Northamptonshire as then with a lead</description>
        
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        <title>Duckett guides holders to opening win</title>
        <description>Ben Duckett held his nerve to help Northamptonshire launch the defence of their Twenty20 title with a thrilling three-wicket win over Yorkshire at Headingley</description>
        
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        <title>Ten Doeschate, Tait stun Notts</title>
        <description>Nottinghamshire suffered a third consecutive quarter-final defeat after Shaun Tait stole the spotlight from Ryan ten Doeschate with a stunning hat-trick</description>
        
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        <title>Nottinghamshire sign Butler for T20s</title>
        <description>Nottinghamshire have signed New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler ahead of their first Friends Life t20 match against Leicestershire</description>
        
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        <title>Butler replaces Boult for Champions Trophy</title>
        <description>Trent Boult has been ruled out of the one-day series against England due to a side strain, putting in doubt his participation for the Champions Trophy, and will be replaced by Ian Butler for the one-day series that starts on Friday</description>
        
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        <title>New Zealand's comeback trend</title>
        <description>Ian Butler's first New Zealand appearance in more than two years was a resounding success as he claimed 2 for 9 and revived his international career</description>
        
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        <title>New Zealand's Ian Butler considered move to England</title>
        <description>New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler has admitted to having considered a move to England last year</description>
        
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        <title>Neesham called up for Twenty20</title>
        <description>Jimmy Neesham, the Otago allrounder, has been called into New Zealand's squad for the first Twenty20 against England</description>
        
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        <title>Wins for Central Districts and Otago</title>
        <description>A round-up of matches played in Plunket Shield 2012-13</description>
        
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        <title>Taylor recalled to New Zealand squad</title>
        <description>Ross Taylor will make his return to New Zealand colours in the Twenty20 series against England</description>
        
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        <title>Neesham, McCullum deliver close win for Otago</title>
        <description>Lower-order batsmen Jimmy Neesham and Neil Wagner scored 74 runs in 7.4 overs together to steer Otago to a close three-wicket victory against Auckland</description>
        
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        <title>Otago, Auckland, Canterbury register wins </title>
        <description>A round-up of the first round of matches in the Ford Trophy 2011-12</description>
        
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        <title>Canterbury thrash Wellington to top table</title>
        <description>Northern Districts and Otago shared two points apiece after a thrilling tie, while Canterbury thrashed Wellington  </description>
        
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        <title>Butler 'unluckiest' to miss out on contract</title>
        <description>Mark Greatbatch, the New Zealand coach, has singled out fast bowler Ian Butler as the &quot;unluckiest player to miss out&quot; on a central contract for the upcoming term</description>
        
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        <title>Ian Butler signs with Gloucestershire</title>
        <description>Ian Butler, the New Zealand fast bowler, has signed up with Gloucestershire as their second overseas player for the Friends Provident t20 tournament</description>
        
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        <title>Kiwis seek another semi-final</title>
        <description>Cricinfo previews the Super Eights match between England and New Zealand in St Lucia</description>
        
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        <title>New Zealand clinch last-ball thriller</title>
        <description>In a tournament of largely one-sided matches, New Zealand pulled off their second nail-biting victory and their first Twenty20 win over defending champions Pakistan</description>
        
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        <title>Ian Butler's record six downs Auckland</title>
        <description>A round-up of the ninth day's games of the HRV Cup, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition</description>
        
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        <title>Jacob Oram and Owais Shah star in wins</title>
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        <title>Nerveless Vettori and Elliott lead New Zealand to final</title>
        <description>Grant Elliott and Daniel Vettori guided an amazingly thin batting line-up to a modest target</description>
        
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        <title>Blow by blow</title>
        <description>Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the ICC World Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Lord's</description>
        
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        <title>New Zealand blast their way past Scotland</title>
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        <title>A lot at stake for New Zealand bowlers</title>
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        <title>Injured Butler out of NZ squad</title>
        <description>Fast bowler Ian Butler has been left out of New Zealand's squad for the 4th ODI against India in Hamilton on March 11 because of an injury</description>
        
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        <title>Butler makes comeback to one-day squad</title>
        <description>While Nathan McCullum and Ewen Thompson failed to make the move up to New Zealand's one-day squad, Ian Butler made a comeback after five years for the first of three ODIs against India starting March 3</description>
        
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        <title>Franklin and Butler join Twenty20 squad</title>
        <description>New Zealand have rung the changes ahead of their Twenty20 match against Australia, bringing in four players who have not been part of the Chappell-Hadlee Series</description>
        
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