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Salman Butt

Salman Butt
سلمان بٹ
Personal information
Full name Salman Butt
Born (1984-10-07) October 7, 1984 (age 32)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting style Left-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm off spin
Role Opening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 178) 3 September 2003 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 150) 22 September 2004 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000/01–2004/05 Lahore Whites
2001/02 Lahore Blues
2000/01–2007/08 National Bank of Pakistan
2006/07 Lahore Shalimar (squad no. 8)
2004/05–2006/07 Lahore Eagles
2008 Kolkata Knight Riders
2009 Lahore Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 33 78 90 149
Runs scored 1,889 2,725 6,232 6,049
Batting average 30.46 36.82 41.00 44.47
100s/50s 3/10 8/14 17/24 19/29
Top score 122 136 290 150*
Balls bowled 137 69 938 535
Wickets 1 0 11 10
Bowling average 106.00 0 59.36 48.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/36 0/11 4/82 2/26
Catches/stumpings 12/– 20/– 33/– 39/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2011

Salman Butt (Punjabi/Urdu: سلمان بٹ ‎, Salmān Buṭṭ; born 7 October 1984) is a Pakistani cricketer who was jailed in Britain for spot fixing in 2011.

Prior to his ban and prison sentence, he had been a regular Test and ODI left-handed opening batsman. He made his Test debut on 3 September 2003 in the third Test against Bangladesh, and a year later, made his ODI debut against West Indies on 22 September 2004. He was appointed captain of the Pakistan Test squad on 16 July 2010.

On 29 August 2010, he was implicated in allegations of spot-fixing. On 31 August 2010, he was stripped of the Pakistan captaincy, and removed from the ODI Squad pending criminal proceedings. He was banned from playing cricket for ten years, of which five years was a suspended sentence. In November 2011, he was convicted and jailed for 30 months for conspiracy charges relating to the spot-fixing, along with Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. On June 21, 2012, he was released from jail.

In August 2015, bans on Salman and fellow conspirators Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were lifted by the International Cricket Council, allowing them to return to all forms of cricket from September 2, 2015.


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