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Full name Salman Butt
Born October 7, 1984, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 23 years 272 days
Major teams Pakistan,Kolkata Knight Riders,Lahore
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
36
0
1047
122
29.08
2230
46.95
2
6
153
1
8
0
ODIs
57
57
3
2154
136
39.88
2750
78.32
7
9
272
7
16
0
T20Is
8
7
0
108
33
15.42
133
81.20
0
0
10
0
1
0
First-class
66
115
6
4540
290
41.65
12
20
25
0
List A
110
110
7
4487
136
43.56
13
21
29
0
Twenty20
24
23
0
459
73
19.95
441
104.08
0
2
59
6
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
4
131
95
1
1/36
1/41
95.00
4.35
131.0
0
0
0
ODIs
57
6
69
90
0
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-
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7.82
-
0
0
0
T20Is
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
66
920
635
11
4/82
57.72
4.14
83.6
0
0
List A
110
493
453
9
2/26
2/26
50.33
5.51
54.7
0
0
0
Twenty20
24
6
96
127
4
2/25
2/25
31.75
7.93
24.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Sep 3-6, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Southampton, Sep 22, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Jul 4, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Bangladesh v Pakistan at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 2, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Sind v Punjab (Pakistan) at Karachi, Mar 11-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Jul 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Because he is left-handed and possessed of some supple wrists, it is easy to compare Salman Butt with the delightful Saeed Anwar. His drives and cuts through the arc between extra cover and backward point are inevitably flicked, often scooped and it is a high-scoring region. He doesn't mind pulling either and off his toes, he is efficient rather than whippy as Anwar was. Further, like Anwar, Butt's footwork doesn't really hold him back. But in attitude and temperament Butt is more Anwar's long-time partner, Aamir Sohail.
He has a confident air about him, a spikiness and is one of the few younger players confident when speaking English. His breakthrough period was the winter of 2004, where he first scored an ODI century against India at Eden Gardens and then went further by scoring a fifty and a maiden Test century in Sydney later in the year. For most of 2005, he failed to build on that and despite another ODI century, also against India, doubts about his defensive technique and overt dash crept in, resulting in him dropping in and out of the team. But against England to end the year, he responded to criticism by unveiling a startling restraint and change of tempo, hitting a century and two fifties in the Tests, each innings commendably restrained.
He had made impressive strides at age-level matches before making his Test debut against Bangladesh in 2003-04, playing in the Under-19 World Cup and touring South Africa with Pakistan's Academy team, smashing 233 against the South African Academy side. His strokeplay has never been in doubt and he is capable of providing electrifying starts when needed but with the tightening of his defense, Butt could be one half of the opening conundrum that has so haunted Pakistan since...well, Anwar and Sohail left the scene.
Not in the frame for World Cup 2007, Butt was drafted back into the side for the Abu Dhabi series against Sri Lanka and was named Pakistan's vice-captain in June.
