Asim Butt

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = Scottish
country = Scotland
country abbrev = SCO
name = Asim Butt
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Left-arm medium-fast
balls = true
tests = -
test runs = -
test bat avg = -
test 100s/50s = -
test top score = -
test overs = -
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = -
ODIs = 5
ODI runs = 23
ODI bat avg = 5.75
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 11
ODI overs = 222
ODI wickets = 4
ODI bowl avg = 37.00
ODI 5s = -
ODI best bowling = 2/24
ODI catches/stumpings = 0/0
date = April 19
year = 2007
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25429.html

Asim Mohamood Butt (born 24 October 1967, Lahore, Pakistan) is a Scottish and Pakistani cricketer who is primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler. He has played 5 ODIs for Scotland, all in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, where he made a rather insignificant impact. His best ODI bowling figures are two for 24 against Bangladesh in a match where the Bangladeshis were limited to 183, but the Scots wilted in the low chase and Butt, coming in at ten, could only scrape one single run.

He has played first class cricket since October 1983, when he scored 40 not out and took one wicket in a drawn game against Sukkur in the 1983-84 Patron's Trophy. His career in Pakistan included mainly one-day games, and only yielded one five-wicket-haul - in the 1984-85 Patron's Trophy against a Lahore Division side where he took five for 53 in the second innings.

In 1998 he debuted for Scotland, in a Benson & Hedges Cup game against Yorkshire, where he was named Man of the Match after taking three wickets for 42. Yorkshire still won the match by three wickets, however. His international debut came in the 1998 Triple Crown Tournament, where he ended with the bowling analysis of 10-3-14-1 against Ireland, although this was a minor match that did not have List A status. Butt also played for Scotland in the 2001 ICC Trophy, where he took five for 11 against Fiji, but only got one wicket in the remaining seven games. He did, however, top score in Scotland's five-wicket win over UAE.

Butt missed Scotland's first season in English National League cricket in 2003, but came back in 2004 with three wickets against Yorkshire. In a season where Scotland only managed two victories, Butt took 11 wickets at an average of 31.72. He also played three first class matches in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup, where he was more successful, as he was Scotland's top wicket-taker with 16, including his second career five-for in an eight-wicket win over Ireland - in a match where his bowling yielded nine for 72 in total. Butt's contribution played a major part in Scotland's qualification for the semi-finals stage, and he also took the first four wickets of the second innings in the final against Canada, which Scotland won by an innings and 86 runs.

Butt played three matches in the 2005 season for Scotland, taking three wickets but being expensive, before he tested positive for ecstasy during a match with Somerset. He was subsequently banned for cricket for a year.

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

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* " [http://www.cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=7224&playername=Asim%20Butt&playernameexact=&displayplayername=Asim%20Butt&team=&teamexact=&opponent=&opponentexact=&captain=&wicketkeeper=&homeawaytype=All&matchtype=All&resulttype=All&startseason=&endseason=&searchtype=InningsList&startscore=&endscore= Player Oracle Reveals Results on Cricketarchive] " for Asim Butt. Accessed 9 September, 2005.