Asim Munir
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| Full name | Asim Munir Butt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 October 1982 Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Cumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2003/04 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00–2002/03 | Gujranwala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asim Munir Butt (born 24 October 1982) is a former Pakistani cricketer. Munir was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Sialkot, Punjab.[1]
Munir made his debut for Gujranwala in a List A match in the 1998/99 Pakistani cricket season against Lahore City.[2] The following season, he made his first-class debut for the team against Pakistan International Airlines. He played first-class and List A cricket for the team until the 2002/03 season,[2][3] Butt also played first-class and List A cricket for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, who he represented from the 2001/02 season to the 2003/04 season.[2][3] He additionally played List A cricket for the Pakistan Cricket Board Blues and Pakistan Emerging Players, who he played for in 2002/03 and 2003/04 respectively.[4] He played county cricket in England on a single occasion, playing a List A match for Cumberland against Devon in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2002.[5]
Overall, Munir played 23 first-class matches. In these, he scored 1,322 runs at a batting average of 42.64, making 4 half centuries and 4 centuries.[1] His highest score, an unbeaten 157, came against the Rest of Baluchistan in 2001/02.[6] He took 3 wickets with the ball, coming at a bowling average of 53.66.[1] In List A matches, he made 41 appearances. In these, he scored 953 runs at an average of 26.47, making 4 half centuries and 2 centuries.[1] His highest score, an unbeaten 128, came against Multan in 2002/03.[7] He took a total of 8 wickets with the ball, at an average of 29.50 and with best figures of 4/44.[1]
Munir also played a number of Youth One Day Internationals for Pakistan Under-19s, making his debut against Sri Lanka Under-19s in 2001. He also played for Pakistan Under-19s in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Player profile: Asim Munir". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- 1 2 3 "List A Matches played by Asim Munir". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Asim Munir". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Teams Asim Munir played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Devon v Cumberland, 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Gujranwala v Rest of Baluchistan, 2001/02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Gujranwala v Multan, 2002/03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Asim Munir". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.