Full Name

Arif Butt

Born

May 17, 1944, Lahore, Punjab

Died

July 11, 2007, Lahore, (aged 63y 55d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Arif Butt played only three Tests for Pakistan, though many felt he should've played many more, especially after one of the most impressive Pakistan debut Test performances. As a tall, lanky 19-year-old, Butt took 6 for 89 on his first appearance against Australia in a one-off Test at the MCG in 1964-65. He was a handy lower-order batsman as well, as a first-class career average of 29, four hundreds and over 4000 runs testifies. In what proved to be his last Test, he made his highest Test score of 20, helping Intikhab Alam add 52 valuable runs for the ninth wicket in a low-scoring, tense draw. It was primarily for his bowling, however, that he was known, possessing a good bouncer and an acclaimed leg-cutter. Along with his height and stamina, those traits enabled him to pick up 14 wickets in his first two Tests, including six wickets in his second Test against New Zealand. To many people's surprise he never played for Pakistan again after that tour down under, more so because Pakistan were struggling to find a decent new-ball pair at the time. It was often suggested that his poor fielding skills and his temperament went against him. The snub didn't prevent an accomplished first-class career. His maiden first class century came in a losing cause against Karachi in the 1966-67 Quaid-e-Azam trophy final but his greatest season came seven years later, when, as captain, he led his side to the Patrons Trophy and the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, often opening the batting and the bowling. He took 6 for 55 against Sindh in the Quaid final and ended the season with 718 runs (including a career-best 180 as opener) and 48 wickets from 12 matches. Though he played on till 1977-78, the early 70s remain his best first-class years.

Arif Butt Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests350592011.8000000
FC9715416401718029.10422-440
List A330474015.6600-20

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests36666288146/897/11820.572.5947.5010
FC97-1187753762018/45-26.742.7159.0-102
List A3-17110121/341/3450.503.5485.5000
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Debut/Last Matches of Arif Butt

FC Matches

Span
1960/61 - 1977/78

List A Matches

Span
1967 - 1974/75

Recent Matches of Arif Butt

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
P Railways vs PIA A29 & 12/22 & 1/3324-Dec-1973LahoreFC
P Railways vs Pak Univ412/3816-Dec-1973LahoreFC
P Railways vs PIA B140/13 & 0/1510-Dec-1973KarachiFC
Pakistan vs ROW XI471/3312-Sep-1967Lord'sOTHEROD
Pakistan vs England XI40/2411-Sep-1967Lord'sOTHEROD