New PCB chief says he is working on a comprehensive strategy in a bid to overcome prevailing crisis Friday, October 10, 2008 By Khalid Hussain KARACHI: Pakistan’s new cricket chief Ijaz Butt is generally regarded as a no-nonsense taskmaster, with a rich experience of cricket administration. The former Test opener, who replaced Dr Nasim Ashraf as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman earlier this week, intends to use these credentials to lift the sport which he believes is in neck-deep crisis in Pakistan. “Pakistan cricket is going through hard times,” Butt told ‘The News’ in an interview on Thursday. “It needs complete overhauling. It’s certainly a challenging task, but that’s what I’m here for,” he stressed. Butt, 70, has taken over at a critical time for Pakistan cricket which is struggling to stay afloat following the...
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