Asim Butt (cricketer)
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| Full name | Asim Butt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1967 Lahore, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 November 2009 (aged 42) Lahore, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 2) | 16 May 1999 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 31 May 1999 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Lahore City Blues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1993 | Lahore City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1993 | Pakistan Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asim Mohamood Butt (24 October 1967 – 30 November 2009) and was banned from cricket for a year.
Life and career
He played
Patron's Trophy against a Lahore Division side where he took five for 53 in the second innings.[citation needed
]
In
UAE.[citation needed
]
Butt missed Scotland's first season in English National League cricket in
Canada, which Scotland won by an innings and 86 runs.[citation needed
]
Butt played three matches in the 2005 season for Scotland, taking three wickets but being expensive, before he tested positive for MDMA during a match with Somerset.[3] He was subsequently banned from cricket for a year.
Butt died in his sleep, aged 42, in Lahore on 30 November 2009.[4][5]
Death controversy
Butt's Pakistan born wife, now a UK national, claimed that she has strong suspicions that Butt faked his own death.Heriots Cricket Club's representative said they don't find any reason to believe that Butt faked his own death.[7]
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
- ^ "Asim Butt dies in his sleep". Cricket Scotland. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Scotland seamer Asim Butt dies aged 42". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Asim Butt tests positive for Ecstasy". ESPNcricinfo. 9 June 2005.
- ^ "Where are they now? Scotland – 1998 NatWest Trophy giantkillers". The Cricket Paper. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Former Scotland seam bowler Asim Butt dies aged 42, BBC Sport, 1 December 2009.
- ^ "Former Scotland cricketer Asim Butt is faking his own death, says wife". Cricket Country. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Devine, Amy (28 October 2011). "I believe Scotland cricket star Asim Butt may have faked own death, says estranged wife". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
External links
- Asim Butt at ESPNcricinfo
- Asim Butt at CricketArchive (subscription required)
