Central Contract Delays, Cricketers to Receive Salary Boost

The issuance of central contracts for cricket players has been postponed once again due to the Muharram holidays, according to sources. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) committee meeting with relevant departments has concluded, and next week, the final decisions on the contracts will be made.

The chairman of the Cricket Committee will brief the PCB’s Management Committee on the central contracts issue, and after approval, new contracts will be awarded to the players. There will be no further extensions in the central contracts, as the PCB had previously extended their duration by one month in June. Media reports suggest that national cricketers will receive a 25-35% increase in their monthly salaries as well as match fees.

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For reference, the current central contracts issued last year are as follows:

Red and White Ball (5):

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi (all Category A)

Hasan Ali (red-ball Category B, white-ball Category C)

Imam-ul-Haq (red-ball Category C, white-ball Category B)

Red Ball (10):

Category A: Azhar Ali

Category B: Fawad Alam

Category C: Abdullah Shafique, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali

Category D: Abid Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah

White Ball (11):

Category A: Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan

Category B: Haris Rauf

Category C: Mohammad Nawaz

Category D: Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Zahid Mehmood

Emerging (7):

Ali Usman (Southern Punjab)

Haseebullah (Balochistan)

Kamran Ghulam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Mohammad Haris (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Mohammad Huraira (Northern)

Qasim Akram (Central Punjab)

Salman Ali Agha (Southern Punjab)