"We try to target the opposition captain a little bit, " said Australia skipper Ponting ahead of Wednesday's announcement of their Ashes squad.
But by that stage the home side only needed 15 more runs for victory, a target Butt and captain Shoaib Malik ensured their side reached.
With New Zealand requiring a world record fourth-innings victory target, Australia captain Ricky Ponting declared the innings at lunch, giving his bowlers five full sessions to dismiss the hosts.
Daniel Sturridge, who is getting his chance in the Chelsea attack with the likes of Didier Drogba on Africa Cup of Nations duty, scored twice with captain Frank Lampard also on target in the rout.
England captain Steve Borthwick has been the target of much criticism over the past 18 months but his line-out expertise has never been in doubt.
Notts made a decent start in their pursuit of a target of 255, despite the early departure of acting captain Matt Wood who was deceived by Chad Keegan's slower ball.
Many in South Africa believe man-mountain Sheridan will be used to target a perceived weakness in the Springboks front row, where captain John Smit has been converted to tight-head from his former hooking role.
But Mohammad Ashraful made 64 and captain Shakib Al Hasan 65 as the tourists reached their target with six balls to spare.
He also heaved Harbhajan over deep mid-wicket for a six and captain Ricky Ponting (39no) was no slouch either as they hurried to the target, leaving one section of the home fans to register their disapproval by hurling bottles on to the field.
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England captain Andrew Strauss called Watson's knock, which saw the hosts pass a testing target of 295 with five balls to spare, "one of the great one-day innings".
Rooney exchanged smiles with England colleague Terry as he waited to run up but Chelsea's captain had the last laugh as the striker slipped as he took the kick and missed the target.
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