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Shoaib Malik, Mohammed Hafeez set to loose PCB central contracts

Karachi | ByPress Trust of India
Aug 03, 2019 02:20 PM IST

Pakistan Cricket Board in all probability will offer its central contract to only 18 to 20 cricketers instead of the usual 30-33 cricketers.

Senior Pakistan players Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan and Muhammad Hafeez are set to lose their central PCB contracts for the next fiscal year.

Shoaib Malik unlikely to get a PCB central contract(Action Images via Reuters)
Shoaib Malik unlikely to get a PCB central contract(Action Images via Reuters)

A meeting was held at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) headquarters on Thursday to discuss the new central contracts structure but ended without a final decision.

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“One thing is clear that the board will not be offering 30 to 33 players the new contracts and the list of contracted players is going to be cut down to around 18 to 20,” one reliable source in the board said.

Although the players could get enhancements in their monthly salaries and match fees, the board has decided now to only award contracts to players who have done well in the last one year and have a future with the Pakistan team.

“It seems unlikely that Shoaib Malik, Hafeez, Junaid, and some others will get these central contracts now.” Malik announced his retirement from ODIs after the World Cup and will only be playing T20 cricket from now onwards while left-arm pacer Muhammad Aamir has also announced his retirement from Tests and will only play limited-overs cricket.

“The board also doesn’t feel that Hafeez has a long time ahead of him since he has also said goodbye to Test cricket while Junaid Khan’s fitness has been a matter of concern for some time now,” the source said. PTI BS BS

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