English wine cask units the mediæval French and Italian "botte") or pipe was half a tun, or 1008 pints. Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. (However, Josephine Tey in "The Daughter of Time" suggests that "drowned in a butt of malmsey" means rather that George, Duke of Clarence, drank himself to death rather than literally drowning in a container of wine.) In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado".
Atif Butt making 169/9 in their fifty overs to lose the match by 58 runs. Butt scored 35 runs in that innings, before he was dismissed by Grant Sheen. He made his final appearance for Denmark in the 2000 European Championship against the Netherlands. Atif Butt Atif Butt (born 28 November 1969) is a Pakistani-born former Danish cricketer. Butt's batting and bowling styles are unknown. Butt made his debut for Denmark against the Netherlands in 1989. In that same year, he played two friendly matches against the touring Australians, who had just finished their successful Ashes series against England. He played in