Salman Butt was proving to be a brilliant captain of the Pakistani team until he was proven to be guilty of spot fixing in Pakistan's tour of England in 2010. He alongwith Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir were proven to be guilty of spot fixing just after he captained Pakistan to it's first victory in tests in 15 years against Australia at Lords in 2010 and also defeating England in a test match in their ill fated tour of England in 2010. Muhammad Amir was given an early reprieve in the spot fixing case but Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif served full punishment of ban in playing international cricket for 7 years.
Salman Butt as a captain was a master tactician and he proved that in the test win against Australia and he would have proved to be a very successful test captain had he involved himself in spot fixing.
As a player he was a solid opener and particularly scored a lot of centuries and runs against the old enemy India. His match winning centuries in BCCI platinum Jubilee match in 2004 and in the Final of Kitply Cup in 2008 were innings of note.
In the end what I would like to say is that Salman Butt ruined his career by involving himself in spot fixing.
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