[1] A batsman, leg-spin bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, Butt played seven first-class matches for various Punjab teams from 1933 to 1947, including four matches in the Ranji Trophy for Southern Punjab, Northern India and Delhi.
His highest score was 59 for a one-off team called the North India Free Lancers against Sind in 1936-37.
[2] In the only match in which he kept wicket, a semi-final of the Ranji Trophy in 1935-36, he took five catches in a narrow loss for Northern India to Bombay.
[3] Butt umpired 53 first-class matches between 1954 and 1973, including four Quaid-e-Azam Trophy finals and several semi-finals.
[5] In parallel with his umpiring career, Butt was also a prolific chronicler of Pakistan’s Test cricket in the 1950s and 1960s.