Amad Butt (born 10 May 1995) is a

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er from

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, Pakistan.

Domestic career

He was the leading wicket-taker for

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in the

2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 60th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan's domestic first-class cricket competition. It was contested by 16 teams representing eight regional associations and eight departments, and took place ...

, with 39 dismissals in eight matches. In April 2018, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the

2018 Pakistan Cup The 2018 Pakistan Cup was the third edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2018, with all the matches played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Federal ...

. He was the leading wicket-taker for

in the

2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup The 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup was the first edition of the Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup, a List A cricket tournament that took place in Pakistan from 6 September to 4 November 2018. Each match was played after the conclusion of the correspo ...

, with fifteen dismissals in nine matches. In March 2019, he was named in

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's squad for the

2019 Pakistan Cup The 2019 Pakistan Cup was the fourth edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 2 to 12 April 2019, with all the matches played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The Pakis ...

. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with ten dismissals in five matches. In September 2019, he was named in

's squad for the

2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 14 September to 31 December 2019. Habib Bank Limited were the defending champions. However, after the new domestic structure annou ...

tournament. In October 2019, the

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(PCB) named him as one of the six players to watch ahead of the

2019–20 National T20 Cup The 2019–20 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan from 13 to 24 October 2019. Lahore Whites were the defending champions. It was the sixteenth season of the National T20 Cu ...

tournament.

International career

In November 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In January 2020, he was named in Pakistan's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh. In November 2020, he was named in Pakistan's 35-man squad for their tour to New Zealand. In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's T20I squad for their series against South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butt, Amad 1995 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Cricketers from Sialkot Sialkot cricketers Islamabad United cricketers Peshawar Zalmi cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Habib Bank Limited cricketers Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent