towards the winter of 2009, butt also came up against younis khan in a dispute over the captaincy, with khan taking time out of the game. by january 2010, however, butt ruled that a new captain would be chosen following the tour of australia, with khan quitting the captaincy. further match fixing claims arose in february, and butt promised action against the players involved following the report of an inquiry committee which investigated pakistan's whitewash defeat during the tour of australia. further match fixing and financial corruption accusations followed for both butt and the pcb in 2010. nevertheless, the icc announced on 11 february the awarding of a medal for butt for services to cricket.