Butt is playing decent if you ask me. As long he is not throwing away his wicket. Yes he is playing scared and very defensive but this is not a twenty20 or an ODI. Take your time and build your innings. We are known for giving away cheap wickets. Securing wickets is more important than run rate in this inning.
Sherrybaba..there a difference between playing defensively and playing negatively, Salman is always more of a negative player than defensive...unless he is playing against BD,ZIM, India.
Securing wicket is important but more in 2nd inning when u r also trying to kill the time NOT in first inning where basically with that attitude you are setting yourself and team for failure.