KARACHI: The West Indies-bound 11 Pakistan Test squad members will depart from Lahore on July 26 for Barbados, where will unite with remaining players following the conclusion of a 10-day training and conditioning camp at the National Stadium here on Saturday.
The 11 players are Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mahmood.
The players will enter a bio-secure bubble in a Lahore hotel on July 22 before their departure. Before entering the bubble, the players will undergo Covid-19 tests at their respective home towns on Monday.
They will have another round of Covid-19 testing on their arrival in the team hotel in Lahore on Thursday, while a final round of testing will be conducted next Saturday before the 11 cricketers leave for Barbados via London.
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LAHORE: While all-rounder Hasan Ali was on Friday surprisingly given category ‘A’, former Pakistan captains Azhar Ali and Sarfaraz Ahmed were demoted to category ‘B’ plus a good number of promising players who were the find of the last couple of years failed to get any place, as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the 2021-22 central contracts for 20 cricketers.
“Following the Governing Board’s approval of the 2021-22 fiscal year’s budget, the PCB today [Friday] announced an enhanced and performance-based central contract list 2021-22 for 20 elite men cricketers, including three emerging cricketers, in which match fee across all formats has been equalised,” said a press release issued by the PCB on Friday.
Daily Times
July 3, 2021
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) promoted wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan and fast bowler Hasan Ali in Category A of central contracts announced for elite 20 players on Friday. The duo join Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi in the top category. The contracts determine pay and other benefits for the 20 players, with the aim of retaining talent in Pakistan. The latest list is also a timely birthday gift for Hasan, who turned 27 on Friday. Hasan missed out on a contract last year through injury, but has made a great comeback in all three formats –– taking 10 wickets against South Africa in February and another nine against Zimbabwe three months later. Rizwan has also been playing well, scoring maiden Test and Twenty20 centuries this year. The PCB has also included three emerging cricketers in the central contracts, in which match fee across all formats has been equalised.
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