IJAZZ BUTT's KAARNAMEY!
IJAZZ BUTT TENURE - ACHIEVEMENTS!!!?!?!
Captaincy changes
January 2009 - Ijaz Butt
removes Shoaib Malik as Pakistan's captain in all formats, after a management report finds him
"aloof" and a "loner". The board appoint Younis Khan as captain for all formats soon after.
July 2009 - Afridi takes over as T20 captain, after Younis Khan
announces his retirement from the format.
November 2009 - Younis Khan
steps down as captain, claiming he has lost control of his players. He meets Ijaz Butt to tell him, having warned him before of growing concerns about 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, reportedly, is upset that he is
not likely to continue as captain and refuses to play the game.
February 2010 - Shoaib Malik temporarily
takes back the captaincy, at least in T20Is, when he leads Pakistan 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 - Mohammad Yousuf is one of a number of players handed
bans of various periods for their parts in the disastrous tour of Australia, meaning he is officially not Pakistan's captain anymore.
May 2010 - Shahid Afridi is convinced to come out of a four-year Test retirement made ODI and Test captain for the tour of England 2010.
July 2010 - Afridi
steps down as Test captain, having led Pakistan to one, resounding defeat against Australia at Lord's. Salman Butt takes over as Test captain.
September 2010 - Butt is provisionally suspended by the ICC for his role in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the summer, leaving Pakistan without Test captain.
October 2010 - Misbah-ul-Haq is
appointed Test captain for Pakistan's first Test assignment after the spot-fixing scandal.
May 2011 - Misbah takes over as
ODI captain, after Afridi is removed following an ODI series win against the West Indies.
Coaches
October 2008 - Geoff Lawson is
removed as coach of Pakistan, days after Ijaz Butt takes over as PCB chairman.
November 2008 - Intikhab Alam is
appointed full-time 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 selectors
October 2008 - Salahuddin Ahmed steps down as chief selector, ostensibly over a selection dispute, but days after Ijaz Butt takes over as chairman.
November 2008 - Abdul Qadir is
appointed full-time selector, taking over from Saleem Jaffer who was acting head after Salahuddin's departure.
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.
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