Mohammad Hafeez to be supplied new central contract by PCB

Senior batsman Mohammad Hafeez might be supplied a brand new central contract in the next class after he refused to simply accept a short-term contract some months again from the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The 40-year-old was dropped from the listing of centrally contracted gamers final 12 months in May together with Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir however after he carried out nicely the PCB was pressured to supply him a short-term contract earlier this 12 months.
However, Hafeez didn’t settle for the provide as he was not blissful at being supplied a spot in class C.
According to a dependable PCB supply, Hafeez is the one senior participant who might be given the brand new central contract from July 1 whereas possibilities of different seniors like Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz and Haris Sohail getting contracts may be very slim.
“The cricket committee of the PCB will be meeting with the head coach, coaches and captain of the national team when it returns from Zimbabwe after which the chief selector will sit down with the management and PCB CEO and finalize the list of players to be given the new central contracts,” the supply mentioned.
The current contracts finish in June and the supply mentioned that as a result of prevailing COVID-19 state of affairs the board can be contemplating giving gamers some monetary rewards of their contracts for spending lengthy durations within the bio-secure bubbles at residence and on away excursions.
“Hafeez is likely to be offered a new contract in an enhanced category while senior batsman and former captain, Azhar Ali is likely to be demoted from category A to B as he is now playing just one format,” he added.
The supply mentioned that the PCB was contemplating giving a few of the constant performers like Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf new enhanced contracts from July, whereas some gamers like Usman Shinwari, Iftikhar Ahmed and many others could lose their contracts within the new listing.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan who has been Pakistan’s main batsman in all codecs in current instances is prone to be retained in class A.
“Rizwan was initially named in category B of the contracts last year but earlier this year the board gave him a promotion because of his form and he will be retained in category A,” he mentioned.
In-form batsman Fawad Alam, who has scored three centuries since his comeback to the Pakistan workforce final 12 months in July, was additionally not a part of the central contracts for 2020/21 however was later included in class C at similar time when Rizwan was given the promotion.
“Fawad will get a promotion to category B in new contracts because of his superb performances as will opener Fakhar Zaman who is also presently in category C.”
In May final 12 months, the PCB had introduced central contracts in three classes for 18 gamers, whereas three cricketers — Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Hasnain — had been named in rising gamers class.
The PCB pays gamers month-to-month retainers starting from 1.1 million to Rs 500,000 moreover their match charges and bonuses. Players who don’t get central contracts are paid match charges and bonuses for his or her appearances however don’t get the month-to-month retainers.
The supply mentioned the PCB may additionally think about enhancing match charges of these gamers who are actually solely enjoying Test matches like Azhar, Fawad, Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas and many others.
The PCB final 12 months had additionally introduced a complete pay construction for home gamers which is as under.
The 2020-21 and enhanced month-to-month retainer construction is: Category A+ = 10 gamers, PKR 150,000 per 30 days (66k INR)
Category A = 38 gamers, PKR 85,000 per 30 days (37K INR)Category B = 48 gamers, PKR 75,000 per 30 days (33k INR)Category C = 72 gamers, PKR 65,000 per 30 days (28k INR)Category D = 24 gamers, PKR 40,000 per 30 days (17.5k INR).