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Hafeez Decides Not To Sign PCB Central Contract

Islamabad (August 07, 2018): Pakistani batsman Mohammad Hafeez on Tuesday decided not to sign Players Central Contracts announced by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on August 6.

Mohammad Hafeez expressed intentions to leave without any official resignation and decided to reply the selectors and Mickey Arthur through Leagues.

The cricketer made the announcement after he was being placed in Category B from Category A in the centrally contracted players’ list.According to the PCB press release, the list, for the 2018-19 season, was finalised by the central contracts selection committee comprising Director Cricket Operations Haroon Rashid, chief selector Inzamamul Haq and Director Academies Mudassar Nazar and was approved by PCB Chairman Najam Sethi.

Prolific batsman Babar Azam has been rewarded for his efforts as he has been elevated to the top category. He joins captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Yasir Shah and Mohammad Amir — all of whom have retained their status.Hafeez, who has played 50 Tests and 283 limited overs internationals, has struggled for runs recently. The right-handed batsman played his last Test in 2016.

Pakistan’s young brigade has slowly started displacing Hafeez in the limited-overs formats also. He last featured in an ODI in January this year.

A player in Category A will earn around Rs875,000 per month while cricketers in Categories B, C, D and E will get roughly Rs575,000, Rs390,000, Rs195,000 and Rs100,000, respectively.A: Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir.

B: Muhammad Hafeez, Faheem Ashraf, Asad Shafiq, Hasan Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan.

C: Muhammad Abbas, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Haris Sohail, Imamul Haq, Muhammad Nawaz, Usman Khan Shinwari, Shan Masood, Imad Wasim.

D: Rumman Raees, Asif Ali, Rahat Ali, Usman Salahuddin, Hussain Talat.

E: Bilal Asif, Saad Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan, Umaid Asif, Mir Hamza.

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