Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started the discussions for the 2022-23central contracts list. It is expected that some major changes will be madeto the list with several star players set to miss out on the contract.
The contract of the current centrally contracted players is set to expireon 30 June and the PCB is expected to make the announcement of the new liston 1 July. It is understood that detailed meetings regarding the matterwill commence after Eid-ul-Fitr.
PCB’s central contract list is divided into four categories; A, B, C, andemerging. According to last year’s contracts, 20 players were offered thecentral contracts with star players Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, MohammadRizwan, and Hasan Ali in the A category while the likes of Imran Butt andShahnawaz Dahani received their first central contracts in the emergingcategory.
According to sources, new faces will be offered central contracts this timearound while there are likely to be some major names missing from the list.It is expected that players who have performed exceedingly well at theinternational and domestic levels will be rewarded for their performances.
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Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Khushdil Shah, and Mohammad Haris are the three youngcricketers likely to be included in the central contracts list while thelikes of Imran Butt and Yasir Shah are set to miss out.
Faheem Ashraf is also set to miss out on the central contract despite beinga regular in the Test side. His stocks in white-ball cricket have gone downrecently which might have an impact on PCB’s decision to offer him a newcontract.
