LAHORE–January 14, 2015: Pakistan Cricket Board has extended up to March 31, 2015 the central contracts awarded to 31 players in four categories last year. The central contracts for 2015 will be awarded from April 1, 2015.
In addition to the 31 players, two team members of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 squad, Yasir Shah and Sohail Khan too have been awarded central contract in Category ‘D’ from January 1 to March 31, 2015.
The term of the previous contracts expired Dec. 31, 2014.
The Central Contracts Committee – headed by Director Cricket Operations (International) Zakir Khan, Director Game Development Haroon Rasheed, Chairman National Selection Committee Moin Khan and Head Coach Pakistan National Team, Waqar Younis – met on Dec. 7 to discuss various options. After due deliberations, it was decided to existing contracts.
The list of 33 players extended central contracts:
Category ‘A’ (6)
Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan.
Category ‘B’ (3)
Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul.
Category ‘C’ (6)
Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Adnan Akmal, Khurram Manzoor, Nasir Jamshed, Abdur Rehman
Category ‘D’ (18)
Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed, Bilawal Bhatti, Sharjeel Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Fawad Alam, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Raza Hasan, Umar Amin, Haris Sohail, Rahat Ali, Shan Masood, Mohammad Talha, Anwar Ali, Yasir Shah and Sohail Khan.
