Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez likely to miss out from PCB central contracts

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Yesterday, in a PCB meeting, it was decided that the likes of Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, and Mohammad Hafeez will be removed from the PCB central contracts for the next fiscal year. Although the new contract structure was discussed in the meeting, it ended without a final decision.

After Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to increase the salaries of the cricketers, the contract system has become a more lucrative one at the moment and as the PCB finance committee sat together to fix the salaries. However, once the new structure comes to place, it might also in players like Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, and Mohammad Hafeez not finding a place in it.

"One thing is clear that the board will not be offering 30 to 33 players the new contracts and the list of contracted players is going to be cut down to around 18 to 20," a PCB source told PTI.

"It seems unlikely that Shoaib Malik, Hafeez, Junaid, and some others will get these central contracts now."

While Malik announced his retirement from ODI cricket after the World Cup and will only be playing T20 cricket from now onwards, Mohammed Hafeez also announced his retirement from the longest version of the game last year. 

"The board also doesn't feel that Hafeez has a long time ahead of him since he has also said goodbye to Test cricket while Junaid Khan's fitness has been a matter of concern for some time now," the source said.

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