President set to decide the fate of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 – Cricket News Update
With his tenure officially over, Pakistan Cricket Board's chairman, awaits the President, Asif Ali Zardari's decision regarding his fate.
Butt, who left for ICC’s executive board meeting being held in Dubai, took charge as the Chairman back in October 2008 and this Saturday marked the end of his reign; however with the President, who also happens to be the Chief Patron of the board, is still
undecided whether his tenure will be extended or not.
It is expected that the decision will be taken in the coming few days, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580 among the leading candidates for the hot seat.
"There is no indication what is going to happen, we are ourselves anxiously waiting for a notification from the Presidency," one official said.
"The President is a firm believer in having former players run the board and Majid has emerged as a serious candidate," another source added.
Butt’s tenure was one of the darkest in the history of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 for their involvement.
This led the 58-year-old to make scathing remarks towards the England team, claiming that they too were involved in fixing of one of the matches of the series back in 2010.
Apart from that, his tenure was also ravaged by political disputes in the country, which led the team to being stripped of co-hosting the ICC World Cup 2011, after a shooting incident which involved Sri Lankan player getting injured.
Also, his era reflected a spat between senior players, the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 criticizing his work ethics.
Apart from short comings, the team managed to perform well, though in patches with the notable highlights being the World CupT20 triumph in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and reaching the semi-finals of this World Cup.
With his three years effectively over, it remains to be seen whether he is granted a extension, however, it might be good for the national team to have a new representative as the head of Cricket in Pakistan.
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