PCB announces men's central contract list 2021-22

 LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has once more neglected Mohammad Hafeez and demoted former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed in the imperative settlement listing 2021-22.

The PCB announced the an awful lot-awaited imperative contarcts for the men’s group these days promoting Hassan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan to class A.

“It is an enhanced and overall performance-primarily based important contract list 2021-22 for 20 elite male cricketers, inclusive of three emerging cricketers, wherein healthy fee across all formats has been equalized," the declaration stated.

The 12-month contracts will run from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

The listing turned into finalised by means of the panel that comprised Director – International Cricket, Zakir Khan, leader selector Muhammad Wasim and Director – High Performance, Nadeem Khan, who also consulted Head Coach Misbah-ul-Haq and captain Babar Azam as a part of the manner.

The provisional list become then shared with PCB Chief Executive Officer Wasim Khan, before it was approved through PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani.

Promotion demotion

According to details, the PCB has demoted former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed to Category C at the same time as Mohammad Hafeez has been unnoticed over again.

In the significant contract listing 2021-22, Hassan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan had been offered Category A contracts. Hassan Ali had neglected out at the settlement remaining year due to an damage but following his stellar overall performance in the 2020-21 as well as searching ahead to the 2021-22 season, he has been located in Category A.

Rizwan has been rewarded for his consistent performance throughout all codecs, with the PCB offering him the Category A settlement.

Likewise, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Nawaz and Nauman Ali have also been supplied primary contracts in reputation in their contributions and performances inside the 2020-21 season.

Haris Rauf and Mohammad Hasnain, who had been within the Emerging Category remaining yr, were promoted to Category C, whilst kids Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir were positioned in Emerging Category.

Players lacking out at the vital contracts encompass Asad Shafiq, Haider Ali, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Shan Masood and Usman Shinwari.

However, they remain firmly within the selectors’ plan for the season ahead and have the possibility to earn contracts for the 2022-23 season, situation to performances at some point of the 2021-22 season.

Pay scales revised

The PCB additionally revised the remuneration programs of the players after which gamers in the pinnacle category gets a 25% increase, but, there’s no boom in fit rate for Test, ODI and T20I.

Moreover, the gamers in the B class may also get a 25% boost. Test fit charge has been accelerated through 15%, ODI healthy charge multiplied with the aid of 20% and T20I healthy price increased by means of 25%.

Besides a 25% raise, the cricketers within the C category gets a 34% growth in Test match charges, 50% boom in ODI, and 67% growth in T20I.

However, gamers within the Emerging Category were given a fifteen% enhance with a 34% boom in Test suit price, 50% growth in ODI and sixty seven% boom in T20I.

‘Doors open for the ones overlooked’

PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan said deciding on 20 players among a large pool of exceptional cricketers is constantly a challenging assignment and thanked the panel for his or her diligent paintings.

“In the new listing, we've seen eight new players emerge who've now received important contracts. Due to the competitive nature of the crucial settlement gadget, nine gamers who had contracts in 2020-21 have alas missed out on this occasion.”

Khan said that the door remains firmly open for those gamers and they'll retain to remain inside the plans of the selectors.

“Emerging Category recognises and rewards the up and coming skills. We have visible the emergence of Haris Rauf and Mohammad Hasnain flow from an Emerging Category to Category C, and the likes of Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir breaking into the Emerging Category. The Emerging Category stays a platform for younger gamers to break into the significant contract gadget.

“The equalisation of in shape expenses method that all players who stroll out together to represent Pakistan will obtain the equal healthy expenses no matter which class they're in, or whether or not they've a principal contract or now not.

“Despite the tough monetary climate, we as the Pakistan Cricket Board agree with that it's miles crucial to preserve to reveal development inside the fee of important contracts. In the ultimate  years, we've got seen full-size development in critical settlement bills and we are able to stay committed to the precept of enhancing the value of contracts 12 months-on-yr.”