Scots mourn death of Butt

Scottish cricket is mourning the sudden death of Asim Butt, who has passed away in his sleep at the age of 42.

Seamer passes away in his sleep at the age of 42

Scottish cricket is mourning the sudden death of Asim Butt, who has passed away in his sleep at the age of 42. The pace bowler won 71 caps for Scotland after moving to Edinburgh in the 1990s following a first-class cricket career in Pakistan. The left-arm seamer won his first cap against Yorkshire in the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1998 and took 106 wickets for Scotland at an average of 24.86. Butt played in all five of Scotland's matches at the 1999 World Cup in England and took six for 42 in the first innings against the MCC at Lord's in August 2000. He won the last of his 71 caps in a Totesport League game against Somerset in May 2005. "It's very sad news," said team manager Euan McIntyre, also operations director of Cricket Scotland. "He was a good guy, I played with him at Heriot's and was obviously involved in the Scotland set-up with him too. We are all very sad at Cricket Scotland. "He was very keen and always gave his best. He was always full of fun and games, he was good for team spirit and morale. "We don't know what has happened. He was across in Pakistan for a holiday and apparently died in his sleep yesterday morning. His funeral is today in Pakistan. "He had an operation a few years back for a blood clot on his brain, but he was fine after that and came back and played cricket."