LAHORE – Players Central Contracts for 2018-19 has been announced byPakistan Cricket Board to 33 players in five categories.

PCB has raised the monthly salaries for each of its categories rangingbetween 25-30% and has also increased its players match fees by 20% acrossall categories.

Director Cricket Operations Haroon Rashid, National Chief SelectorInzamamul Haq, and Director Academies Mudassar Nazar have announced the newcontracts after approval of Chairman PCB Najam Sethi.

The 2017-18 Financial Year marked the conclusion of a three-year financialformula agreed between PCB and its players. After consultation withplayers’ representatives Captain Sarfraz Ahmed and all-rounder ShoaibMalik, PCB has reached a fresh 3 Year Financial Remuneration Agreement withits players.

A new category, “E”, has been added to the central contracts to recognizeperformers on the domestic circuit and to encourage the continuingdevelopment of emerging cricketers from the junior level.A complete list of players and categories

*Category A*

Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Babar Azam and MohammadAmir.

*Category B*

Muhammad Hafeez, Faheem Ashraf, Asad Shafiq, Hasan Ali, Fakhar Zaman andShadab Khan.

*Category C*

Muhammad Abbas, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Haris Sohail, Imamul Haq, MuhammadNawaz, Usman Khan Shinwari, Shaan Masood and Imad Wasim.

*Category D*

Rumman Raees, Asif Ali, Rahat Ali, Usman Salahuddin and Hussain Talat.

*Category E*

Bilal Asif, Saad Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, SahibzadaFarhan, Umaid Asif and Mir Hamza.