ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will be reducing the number ofcentral contracts of players with an aim to improve players’ superiorityinstead of their numbers.
Talking to APP, a PCB official said board wants to reduce the centralcontracts from 35 to 25 or 24. “PCB had awarded central contracts to 35players last year which also included a stipend category,” he said.
The official said the board is thinking to remove the stipend category andinclude the best performing players from this category to A, B and Ccategories,” he said. “The amount the players are getting for theirrespective categories won’t be reduced but instead increased.”
He said PCB wants to build a formidable pool of players for the 2019 WorldCup to be held in England and Wales, from May 30.
“Therefore PCB wants to award central contracts only to the best performingplayers who can represent the country in the World Cup,” he said.