ISLAMABAD – Mohammad Hafeez gets the blow as the PCB has demoted the allrounder on its list of centrally contracted players.
Frequent bowling ban due to his erratic action have seen the 37-year-oldHafeez’s utility to the team diminish. This may have played a part in hisdemotion from Category A to B.
The beneficiary of Hafeez’s slide has been top order batter Azam, who hasbeen moved from Category B to A. The rest of the top category’s occupantsremain unchanged.
The size of Category B, meanwhile, has been increased from four to six.All-rounder Faheem Ashraf, opener Fakhar Zaman and spin sensation ShadabKhan are the new entrants into the category.
All-rounder Imad Wasim, who last played for Pakistan in October 2017, hasbeen demoted from Category B to C.