There is no possibility of Ijaz Butt being sacked as chairman of the Pakistan cricket Board in the near future, ESPN said in a report on Tuesday. ESPN claimed that Butt would complete his three-year tenure as board chairman that ends in October this year. “He will complete his tenure and there is no indication at all that the government wants to change the board chairman despite the hue and cry raised in the media over Afridi’s sacking,” a source was quoted as saying.
Butt’s Tenure: January 2009 – Removes Shoaib Malik as captain in all formats, after a management report finds him “aloof” and a “loner”. Younis Khan named captain. July 2009 – Afridi takes over as T20 captain, after Younis Khan announces T20 retirement. November 2009 – Younis Khan steps down as captain, claiming he has lost control of his players. Mohammad Yousuf appointed as Test and ODI captain for the tours to New Zealand and Australia.
January 2010 – Afridi takes over as ODI captain for the final ODI against Australia in Perth; Yousuf refuses to play the game. February 2010 – Shoaib Malik temporarily takes back the captaincy in T20Is in a one-off game against Australia, and in two matches against England in the UAE, after Afridi was banned for two games for biting the ball in Perth in January.
March 2010 – Yousuf and others handed bans for their parts in the disastrous tour of Australia.
May 2010 – Shahid Afridi ends four-year Test retirement, gets ODI and Test captaincy. July 2010 – Afridi steps down as Test captain. Salman Butt takes over as Test captain. September 2010 – Butt is provisionally suspended by the ICC for his role in the spot-fixing scandal. October 2010 – Misbah appointed Test captain. May 2011 – Misbah takes over as ODI captain, after Afridi is removed. Coaches
October 2008 – Geoff Lawson is removed days after Ijaz Butt takes over as PCB chairman. November 2008 – Intikhab Alam named coach. March 2010 – Intikhab is quietly removed without any official announcement after the disastrous tour to Australia, and Waqar Younis is appointed in his place.
Chief selectorsOctober 2008 – Salahuddin Ahmed steps down as chief selector, ostensibly over a selection dispute.November 2008 – Abdul Qadir appointed full-time selector, taking over from Saleem Jaffer.
June 2009 – Qadir steps down, claiming he wasn’t allowed to do his job independently and that there was interference from the board. Wasim Bari takes over as interim head. July 2009 – Iqbal Qasim takes over as a chief selector. January 31, 2010 – Qasim steps down, claiming responsibility for Pakistan’s winless tour to Australia. March 2010 – Mohsin Khan is appointed full-time selector. Mohsin has continued after reported differences with PCB.