19 Facts About Ijaz Butt

Mohammed Ijaz Butt was a Pakistani cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1959 to 1962.

Ijaz Butt was born in Sialkot, Punjab on 10 March 1938.

Ijaz Butt began his first-class career against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club squad on 16 January 1956 while playing for Pakistan Universities.

Ijaz Butt nevertheless went straight into the Test team for the home series against the West Indies.

Ijaz Butt 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 Ijaz Butt scoring 14 and 41 not out as a specialist opener.

Ijaz Butt scored two, 21,47* and two in the rest of the series.

Ijaz Butt was then left out of the team until 1962, where he toured England, playing in three of the five Test matches.

Ijaz Butt struggled, scoring 10,33, one, six, 10 and six before being dropped.

Ijaz Butt 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.

Ijaz Butt was a director on the board of Servis Tyres.

In 1982, Ijaz Butt was appointed manager for the 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.

Ijaz Butt warned that a divide would occur in the world of cricket should sub-continent cricket tours be marginalised.

India later cancelled their tour to Pakistan, though Ijaz Butt was hoping to host Australia after the latter team expressed an interest.

Ijaz Butt refused to step down, and attacked the senate as a body with little actual legal power over the PCB.

Towards the winter of 2009, Ijaz Butt came up against Younis Khan in a dispute over the captaincy, with Khan taking time out of the game.

Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the Pakistan's high commissioner, defended Ijaz Butt, calling the disagreement "a very innocent argument" and denying relationships with the United Kingdom were adversely affected.

The England team later made official their demand for an apology in a letter sent to Ijaz Butt, promising legal action without further warning if their request went unfulfilled.

Ijaz Butt was nevertheless recalled by the PCB for an explanation, amid speculation that his future as chairman remained tenuous.