ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s all rounder cricketer has rejected the media rumoursthat he has refused to sign the central contract or his mulling to retirefrom the international cricket.
He said he wants to play for Pakistan irrespective of the category given tohim by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Hafeez was demoted to Category B under the new central contract. The37-year-old, who did not feature in any of Pakistan’s five one-dayinternationals against Zimbabwe despite being part of a much-rotated squad,was featured in Category B alongside Faheem Ashraf, Asad Shafiq, Hasan Ali,Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan.
A total of 33 players across five categories were included in the centralcontract.
Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Amir, Yasir Shah and BabarAzam were included in Category A.