Hafeez, Malik, Amir unlikely to get central contract
Last updated on: 01 August,2019 10:07 am
The decision will be taken during a meeting to be held in Lahore on August 1.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to drop Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Amir and Muhammad Hafeez from the list of cricketers expected to get central contract for the season 2019-20.
The decision will be taken during a meeting to be held in Lahore on August 1.
The meeting will be chaired by the PCB Managing Director Wasim Khan, who will discuss the list of probable players for the central contract with Zakir Khan (Director - International Cricket and Committee Secretary), Mudassar Nazar (Director - Academies), Haroon Rashid (Director - Domestic Cricket) and Head Coach Mickey Arthur.
The meeting will also discuss increasing salaries and per match fee of players by 20 percent.
The Board is expected to reduce the number of centrally contracted players from 33 to around 15 to 17 this season and preference would be given to players playing in all formats.
It is expected that PCB will extend the contract of Mickey Arthur until T20 World Cup in 2020 and the board is likely to change the categories of the players.