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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1938–2023)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ijaz Butt
| female =
| image =
| country = Pakistan
| fullname = Mohammed Ijaz Butt
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|3|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab, British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|08|03|1938|3|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Punjab, Pakistan
| nickname =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicket-keeper, opening batsman
| family =
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1959–1962
| testdebutdate = 20 February
| testdebutyear = 1959
| testdebutfor = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 30
| lasttestdate = 16 August
| lasttestyear = 1962
| lasttestfor = Pakistan
| lasttestagainst = England
| club1 = Pakistan Universities
| year1 = {{nowrap|1955/56–1959/60}}
| club2 = Lahore
| year2 = 1959/60–1964/65
| club3 = Rawalpindi
| year3 = 1959/60–1961/62
| club4 = Multan
| year4 = 1963/64
| club5 = Lahore Reds
| year5 = 1964/65–1967/68
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| debutdate1 = 16 January
| debutyear1 = 1956
| debutfor1 = Pakistan Universities
| debutagainst1 = MCC
| lastdate1 = 15 January
| lastyear1 = 1968
| lastfor1 = Lahore Reds
| lastagainst1 = Rawalpindi
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 279
| bat avg1 = 19.92
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 58
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/0
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 67
| runs2 = 3,842
| bat avg2 = 34.30
| 100s/50s2 = 7/12
| top score2 = 161
| deliveries2 = 257
| wickets2 = 3
| bowl avg2 = 49.33
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/21
| catches/stumpings2 = 52/20

| date = 23 September
| year = 2010
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1100/1100.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Mohammed Ijaz Butt''' ({{lang-ur|اعجاز بٹ}}{{lrm}}; 10 March 1938 – 3 August 2023) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in eight [[Test cricket|Test matches]] from 1959 to 1962. A [[wicket keeper]] and right-handed opening batsman, he scored 279 runs from his brief Test career at a modest [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 19.92, however he was a capable wicket keeper with a [[first-class cricket]] career for [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] and [[Rawalpindi]] where he scored 3,842 runs at 34.30 with a best of 161.

On 6 October 2008, [[President of Pakistan]] [[Asif Ali Zardari]], patron of the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB), appointed Butt as chairman of the PCB. He was involved in several controversies during his term, at a time when security concerns—including a [[2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team|shooting incident]] involving the Sri Lankan tour bus—stripped Pakistan of several international fixtures, and he made a number of attacks on PCB officials and the [[Senate of Pakistan]].

==Playing career==
Ijaz Butt was born in [[Sialkot]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]] on 10 March 1938.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ijaz Butt |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ijaz-butt-40555 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> He began his first-class career against a touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] squad on 16 January 1956 while playing for [[Pakistan Universities cricket team|Pakistan Universities]].<ref name="First-Class Matches played by Ijaz Butt">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1100/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ijaz Butt|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Batting at number three, he scored 35 and 97, falling three short of a debut century thanks to the bowling of [[Billy Sutcliffe]] and the catching hands of [[Ken Barrington]]. The match ended in a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21865.html|title=Scorecard: Pakistan Universities v Marylebone Cricket Club – Marylebone Cricket Club in Pakistan 1955/56|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> A month later he faced the MCC once more, this time for [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]: he scored 43 and 18 as the MCC triumphed by an innings and 29 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21891.html|title=Scorecard: Punjab v Marylebone Cricket Club – Marylebone Cricket Club in Pakistan 1955/56|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Butt went on to make several successful appearances in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] over the winter of 1956/57, scoring 225 runs at 56.25 including a maiden century of 147 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/PAK/Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy_1956-57/Punjab_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Punjab – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1956/57|work=CricketArchive|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> He promptly toured the West Indies but only featured in one first-class match before returning<ref name="First-Class Matches played by Ijaz Butt" /> to the 1958/59 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy where he had a less successful second season: 73 runs from three matches at 24.33, failing to pass 50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/PAK/Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy_1957-58/Punjab_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Punjab – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58|work=CricketArchive|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> He nevertheless went straight into the Test team for the home series against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]].<ref name="First-Class Matches played by Ijaz Butt" />

Butt played Test cricket between 1959 and 1962.<ref name="Ijaz Butt appointed new PCB chairman">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/372861.html|title=Ijaz Butt appointed new PCB chairman|date=7 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> He made his Test debut at [[Karachi]] on 20 February 1959. The West Indies, bowled out cheaply for 146 in the first innings, conceded a 10-wicket defeat with Butt scoring 14 and 41 [[not out]] as a specialist opener.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62855.html|title=1st Test: Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Feb 20–25, 1959|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> He scored two, 21, 47* and two in the rest of the series. Between 26 March and 4 December he played two more Tests against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]], scoring a career-best 58 in the second Test. He was then left out of the team until 1962, where he [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962|toured England]], playing in three of the five Test matches. He struggled, scoring 10, 33, one, six, 10 and six before being dropped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/40555.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|title=Batting records|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref>

Following the end of his international career, despite scoring over 1,000 first-class runs in the England tour including two centuries, he made only sporadic appearances in Pakistani domestic cricket. He appeared in only three Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches between 1963 and 1965; an invitational XI match for the Punjab Governor against Pakistan Universities in 1966; Pakistan versus The Rest in 1967; and lastly one appearance in the [[Ayub Trophy]] on 15 January 1968 where he scored 40 and 15 for the Lahore Reds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29238.html|title=Scorecard: Rawalpindi v Lahore Reds – Ayub Trophy 1967/68|work=CricketArchive|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

==Corporate career==
In 1977, he served as the president of the [[Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry |url=https://www.lcci.com.pk/presidents.php |website=www.lcci.com.pk}}</ref>

He also worked as the director new projects at [[Service Industries Pakistan]], expanding it to one of the largest manufacturers of footwear and motor cycle / cycle tyres and tubes. He was a director on the board of [[Servis Tyres]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://servistyres.com/our-team/ | title=Board of Directors | publisher=[[Servis Tyres]] | access-date=25 August 2016 | archive-date=21 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921112827/http://servistyres.com/our-team/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Oborne |first1=Peter |title=Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan |date=3 July 2014 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-85720-075-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVFXAgAAQBAJ&dq=ijaz+butt+servis+industry&pg=PR425 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Puthran |first1=Aayush |title=Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women's Cricket |date=28 July 2022 |publisher=Polaris |isbn=978-1-913538-81-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ht4EAAAQBAJ&dq=ijaz+butt+servis+industry&pg=PT95 |language=en}}</ref>

==Administrative career==
In 1982, Butt was appointed manager for the [[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1981–82|Pakistani winter tour of Australia]], and in 1984 the secretary of the then Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, a position he held until 1988 along with the presidency of the [[Lahore City Cricket Association]].

In October 2008, he was named chairman of the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB).<ref name="Ijaz Butt appointed new PCB chairman"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/08/spt1.htm|title=Ijaz Butt named new PCB chairman -DAWN – Sport; October 08, 2008|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=8 October 2008 |access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> His initial actions were to suggest the possibility of neutral venues to preserve international cricket during a time of tenuous security conditions within Pakistan: "The holding of the [[ICC Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]] in Pakistan depends on the security condition of the country and if the current indefinite situation prevails further we may consider the option to play on alternate venues."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/373144.html|title=New PCB chairman hints at neutral venues|date=9 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> He expressed relief when the [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|2009 Champions Trophy]] appeared to be going ahead in Pakistan despite security risks,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/374189.html|title=Pakistan chief relieved at Champions Trophy decision|date=16 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> and "made a series of startling revelations" about discussions with the [[International Cricket Council]] about merging with the [[Indian Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/icl2008/content/story/374752.html|title=Butt reveals possible IPL-ICL merger|date=20 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref>

Pakistan, however, received little support as potential hosts of the Champions Trophy, a fact on which Butt expressed surprise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/374776.html|title=Butt surprised at lack of support|date=20 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> He warned that a divide would occur in the world of cricket should sub-continent cricket tours be marginalised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/380147.html|title=PCB chairman warns of divide|date=29 November 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> India later cancelled their tour to Pakistan, though Butt was hoping to host Australia after the latter team expressed an interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/385456.html|title=Ijaz Butt hopeful of hosting Australia|date=5 January 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> In October 2008, he also asked questions of the financial security of the previous PCB officials, and speculated on the removal of [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]], then Pakistani coach, from his position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/374830.html|title=Butt questions previous regime's financial dealings|date=21 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/374870.html|title=Lawson in the dark over future|last=Samiuddin|first=Osman|date=21 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Two days later, however, he reversed his position by stating he was "duty-bound to fully back Lawson and to take care of all his liabilities."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/375066.html|title='I am duty-bound to fully back Lawson' – Butt|date=23 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> [[Shafqat Naghmi]], PCB Chief Operating Officer, also threatened to sue Butt over allegations that the former was stealing official documents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/375022.html|title=Naghmi threatens to sue Butt|date=22 October 2008|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

===Loss of the World Cup===
Security concerns did not lessen, however, and [[Javed Miandad]]'s resignation as director-general of the PCB resulted in traded accusations between himself and Butt at a [[Senate of Pakistan]] meeting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/389947.html|title=Butt and Miandad square off|date=9 February 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Butt refused to step down,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/390357.html|title=Defiant Butt won't step down|date=11 February 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> and attacked the senate as a body with little actual legal power over the PCB.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/390403.html|title=Butt hits back at senate|date=11 February 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> The senate nevertheless moved a resolution for a change in the PCB management.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393235.html|title=Pakistan senators seek immediate change in board|date=3 March 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> However, Butt remained in his position. Following an attack on a touring [[Sri Lanka cricket team]] in early 2009, Butt admitted in a public statement the difficulty international teams had in coming to the country, but accused ICC referee [[Chris Broad (cricketer)|Chris Broad]] of exaggerating the problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakvsl/content/story/393513.html|title=Butt accuses Broad of lies over lax security|date=5 March 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> ICC President [[David Morgan (cricket administrator)|David Morgan]], however, agreed with Broad's assessment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393912.html|title=Morgan admits 'level of security was not as expected'|date=6 March 2009|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> The [[2011 Cricket World Cup]] was duly moved out of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/400154.html|title=World Cup matches moved out of Pakistan|date=17 April 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

Butt continued to meet with the PCB board to regain the World Cup, to no avail, despite a legal battle which lasted until August. Eventually an out of court settlement of 18 million [[US dollars]] was agreed upon; Butt calling it "the best possible solution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/404483.html|title=Butt turns to diplomacy in bid to retain World Cup benefits|date=15 May 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422547.html|title=PCB expects US$18 million for World Cup deal|date=28 August 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Concurrently, the PCB under Butt dissolved the national selection panel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/411114.html|title=PCB dissolves national selection panel|date=30 June 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> and removed [[Saleem Altaf]] from his position as chief operating officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422862.html|title=PCB sacks Altaf as COO|date=1 September 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> The summer tour of Sri Lanka was also marred by match-fixing allegations over which the PCB sought legal advice. The ICC's [[Anti-Corruption and Security Unit]] eventually cleared the Pakistan players of having had any contact with bookmakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/418281.html|title=PCB takes legal advice on match-fixing allegations|date=7 August 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/418784.html|title=ICC clears Pakistan players of contact with bookies|date=10 August 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

Towards the winter of 2009, Butt also came up against [[Younis Khan]] in a dispute over the captaincy, with Khan taking time out of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/434324.html|title=Younis could still return as captain – Ijaz Butt|date=12 November 2009|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> By January 2010, however, Butt ruled that a new captain would be chosen following the tour of Australia, with Khan quitting the captaincy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445445.html|title=New Pakistan captain after Australia tour, says PCB chief Ijaz Butt|date=22 January 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Further match fixing claims arose in February, and Butt promised action against the players involved following the report of an inquiry committee which investigated Pakistan's whitewash defeat during the tour of Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451230.html|title=Ijaz Butt promises action against leading Pakistan players|date=9 March 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Further match fixing and financial corruption accusations followed for both Butt and the PCB in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/453191.html|title=PCB under scrutiny for mismanagement of funds|date=23 March 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Nevertheless, the ICC announced on 11 February the awarding of a medal for Butt for services to cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/12/12372.html|title=ICC President announces medal for PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt|work=Cricket Archive|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

===2010 England tour===
Though Butt had deflected accusations of match fixing earlier in February 2010 during [[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10|Pakistan's tour of Australia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/450125.html|title=Confusion reigns over Pakistan match-fixing claims|date=26 February 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 2010|2010 tour of England]] was publicly marred by controversial match fixing allegations involving a number of Pakistan players and their actions during the [[One Day International]]s against England and the Test series against the host nation and against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]]. [[Scotland Yard]] confirmed on 17 September that it had questioned Pakistan players [[Salman Butt]], [[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammad Asif]], [[Mohammad Amir]] and [[Wahab Riaz]] over allegations of accepting bribes, and that the police had passed evidence to the [[Crown Prosecution Service]]. Several Pakistani players were suspended.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/477549.html|title=Scotland Yard says fixing file has been handed over to prosecutors|date=17 September 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> Initially, Ijaz Butt had supported the prosecution of Amir, stating that "his board will not make any appeals for leniency",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/477330.html|title=Spot-fixing controversy: Ijaz Butt says no leniency for Amir|date=16 September 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> however on 19 September he attacked the England cricket team during a press conference, accusing them of a conspiracy to "defraud Pakistan cricket" by accepting their own bribes. He stated that:

<blockquote>This is not a conspiracy to defraud bookies but a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket... We have taken it in hand to start our own investigations. We will shortly reveal the names of the people, the parties and the bodies involved in this sinister conspiracy and we also reserve the right to sue them for damages... There is loud and clear talk in bookie circles that some English players have taken enormous amounts of money to lose the match [the third ODI]. No wonder there was such a collapse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/477814.html|title=Pakistan in England 2010: Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket – Ijaz Butt|date=19 September 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref></blockquote>

The remarks provoked a backlash from the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] as well as England coach [[Andy Flower]] and captain [[Andrew Strauss]]. The ECB announced that it would be taking legal action against Butt for his allegations, though the tour would continue despite several England players' reluctance to participate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/477928.html|title=Angry England hit back at Butt remarks|date=20 September 2010|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> There were several calls for Butt to resign, however he refused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Sports/05-Feb-2010/Ijaz-Butt-refuses-to-resign|title=Ijaz Butt refuses to resign|work=The Nation|location=Pakistan|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/44437/ijaz-butt-should-be-sacked-pcb-dissolved|title=Ijaz Butt should be sacked, PCB dissolved|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=30 August 2010 |access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> [[Wajid Shamsul Hasan]], the Pakistan's high commissioner, defended Butt, calling the disagreement "a very innocent argument" and denying relationships with the [[United Kingdom]] were adversely affected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/478153.html|title=Pakistan High Commissioner defends Butt's comments|work=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 September 2010}}</ref> The England team later made official their demand for an apology in a letter sent to Butt, promising legal action without further warning if their request went unfulfilled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9024123.stm|title=BBC Sport – Cricket – England cricket team warn Ijaz Butt of legal action|date=23 September 2010|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12173_6394949,00.html|title=England demand Butt apology|date=23 September 2010|work=[[Sky Sports]]|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Butt arrived in London in late September vowing not to retract his comments in the run up to a meeting with the lawyers of three suspended Pakistan players;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/478886.html|title=Unapologetic Ijaz Butt arrives in London|last=Samiuddin|first=Osman|date=28 September 2010|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=29 September 2010}}</ref> however, he later reversed course and retracted his statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/479245.html|title=Ijaz Butt apologises for match-fixing comments|date=29 September 2010|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=30 September 2010}}</ref> He was nevertheless recalled by the PCB for an explanation, amid speculation that his future as chairman remained tenuous.<ref name="Clouds gather ahead of Butt's return">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/480101.html|title=Clouds gather ahead of Butt's return|last=Samiuddin|first=Osman|date=5 October 2010|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=7 October 2010}}</ref> The ICC board of directors discussed sacking him in a meeting in [[Dubai]] should he not accept new anti-corruption measures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/481330.html|title=Clean up your act, ICC tells PCB|last=Samiuddin|first=Osman|date=13 October 2010|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=18 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/482285.html|title=Ijaz Butt was told to reform or be expelled|last=Samiuddin|first=Osman|date=18 October 2010|work=[[CricInfo]]|access-date=18 October 2010}}</ref>

In October 2011, following the expiration of his three-year term in office as PCB Chairman,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ijaz Butt still rules PCB as three-year term expires |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/664621/ijaz-butt-still-rules-pcb-as-three-year-term-expires |work=DAWN |date=7 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref> he was replaced by [[Zaka Ashraf]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Samiuddin |first1=Osman |title=Ijaz Butt was too old-fashioned as PCB chairman |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/ijaz-butt-was-too-old-fashioned-as-pcb-chairman-1.428165 |work=The National |date=13 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A litany of lows |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-news-the-tumultuous-tenure-of-ijaz-butt-536483 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Butt died in [[Lahore]] on 3 August 2023, at age 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt passes away |url=https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30329365/former-pcb-chairman-ijaz-butt-passes-away |access-date=4 August 2023 |work=Aaj News |date=3 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Dawn-obit">{{cite news |title=Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1768242 |access-date=4 August 2023 |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=4 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Ijaz Butt - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 13:40, 17 September 2023