# Arif Butt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arif_Butt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arif_Butt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Butt > Source revision: 1336675236 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1944–2007)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Arif Butt | image = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|5|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [Lahore](/source/Lahore), [Punjab](/source/Punjab_Province_(British_India)), [British India](/source/British_India) | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|7|11|1944|5|17|df=y}} | death_place = Lahore, Pakistan | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | columns = 2 | column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket) | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 59 | bat avg1 = 11.80 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 20 | deliveries1 = 666 | wickets1 = 14 | bowl avg1 = 20.57 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/89 | catches/stumpings1= 0/– | column2 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches2 = 97 | runs2 = 4,017 | bat avg2 = 29.10 | 100s/50s2 = 4/22 | top score2 = 180 | deliveries2 = 11,879 | wickets2 = 201 | bowl avg2 = 26.79 | fivefor2 = 10 | tenfor2 = 2 | best bowling2 = 8/45 | catches/stumpings2= 44/– | international = true | country = Pakistan | testdebutagainst = Australia | testdebutdate = 4 December | testdebutyear = 1964 | lasttestdate = 29 January | lasttestagainst = New Zealand | lasttestyear = 1965 | testcap = 47 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39003.html Cricinfo | date = 23 May | year = 2023 }} '''Arif Butt''' ({{langx|ur|عارف بٹ}}; 17 May 1944 – 11 July 2007) was a Pakistani [Test cricket](/source/Test_cricket)er.{{Cite web |title=Arif Butt Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arif-butt-39003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517021240/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arif-butt-39003 |archive-date=2024-05-17 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} Born in [Lahore](/source/Lahore), [Punjab](/source/Punjab_(Pakistan)), Butt made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Lahore](/source/Lahore_cricket_teams) against [Punjab University](/source/Punjab_University_cricket_team) in 1960-61 at the age of 16. He learned his cricket at the Friends Cricket Club of [Lahore](/source/Lahore), coached by his uncle Khawaja Abdur Rab, and went on to play first-class cricket for [Pakistan Railways](/source/Pakistan_Railways_cricket_team) from 1962-63 until his retirement after the 1977-78 season. He was a tall fast-medium bowler and useful batsman. He made his Test debut for Pakistan at [Melbourne in 1964-65](/source/Pakistani_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1964%E2%80%9365), taking 6 for 89 in the first innings, becoming the first Pakistani to take 6 wickets on Test debut.{{Cite web |url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BOWLING/TEST_BOWL_6WI_ON_DEBUT.html |title=Six wickets on Test debut |access-date=2007-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401195952/http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BOWLING/TEST_BOWL_6WI_ON_DEBUT.html |archive-date=2007-04-01 |url-status=dead }} He also opened the batting in the Pakistan's second innings, in place of injured wicket keeper [Abdul Kadir](/source/Abdul_Kadir_(cricketer)), making 12 and defying the Australian new ball attack for almost an hour.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27174.html Australia v Pakistan, Melbourne 1964-65] In the tour of New Zealand that followed, Butt played in the first two of the three Tests, taking 7 wickets at 24.28. In what turned out to be his last Test innings, in partnership with [Intikhab Alam](/source/Intikhab_Alam), he added 52 runs for the ninth wicket to help secure a close-fought draw. He bowled a hostile bouncer and a genuine leg cutter and was considered unlucky to play only three Tests as "many felt he should've played many more", at a time when Pakistan often struggled to find effective fast bowlers. He toured England in 1967 but "flopped completely",''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 2008, p. 1548. taking 12 wickets at 54.50 in nine matches. He was a handy lower-order batsman, demonstrated by a first-class career average of 29, four hundreds and over 4,000 runs. He scored a defiant maiden century against [Karachi](/source/Karachi) in the 1966–67 [Quaid-i-Azam Trophy](/source/Quaid-i-Azam_Trophy) final and, in 1973-74, captained Railways to victory in the [Patron's Trophy](/source/Patron's_Trophy) and the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. He took 6 for 55 against [Sindh](/source/Sindh_cricket_team) in the Quaid final and scored 718 runs in that season, including a career best 180 as an opening bat against [Punjab](/source/Punjab_cricket_team_(Pakistan)). His best bowling figures were 8 for 45 for Railways against [Sargodha](/source/Sargodha_cricket_team) in 1972-73. He died from heart and lung complications arising from diabetes. His funeral in Lahore was attended by a host of former cricketers and officials including [Sarfraz Nawaz](/source/Sarfraz_Nawaz).{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyindia.com/show/156586.php/Former-Pak-Test-cricketer-Arif-Butt-dead |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201926/http://www.dailyindia.com/show/156586.php/Former-Pak-Test-cricketer-Arif-Butt-dead |archivedate=2007-09-27 }} ==See also== * [List of Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut](/source/List_of_Pakistan_cricketers_who_have_taken_five-wicket_hauls_on_Test_debut) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=39003}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Butt, Arif}} Category:1944 births Category:2007 deaths Category:Pakistan Test cricketers Category:Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Category:Pakistani cricketers Category:Lahore cricketers Category:Lahore A cricketers Category:Pakistan Railways cricketers Category:Central Zone (Pakistan) cricketers Category:North Zone (Pakistan) cricketers {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arif Butt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Butt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Butt?action=history)). 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