Ijaz Butt was a dependable opening batter and a capable wicketkeeper . He made his Test debut against the West Indies in in Karachi and scored not out in a wicket win . He served as the PCB chief from to and during his tenure Pakistan won the ICC T World Cup in .
Current PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf and former Test cricketers Intikhab Alam Mohammad Ilyas and Wasim Bari condoled his demise . The demised left behind a widow a son and two daughters . Funeral prayer will be offered at the Ghalib Market mosque at pm on Friday .
He had been unwell for the last one year and his social interactions were limited through the period of the period . He was appointed as chairman of the PCB in at the age of he was in at age of the 2003 ICC World Cup for the first time with MisbahulHaq as the Pakistan captain after the setback .
He appointed Misbahula Haq as captain after being appointed as the captain of the Pakistan team in the summer of the tournament in Lahore, Lahore City Cricket Association in Pakistan . He also held the post of president of the Lahore CCCA Association during Tauqir Zias tenure as chairman in the 1990s and 2000s.
He was a member of the first Board of Governors of the body in which two seats for former Test Cricketers were reserved. He had also been appointed as Chairman of the CCCa. He also was the president of CCCAs. He died in 2007. He has also served as a senior member of CACA.
He is believed to have died at the end of this year’s CCC. He will be remembered for his death.
