The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded performance-based central contracts to 20 players, but former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is not among those who will receive the monthly retainers.
Inzamam also does not figure in a shortlist of 20 bench players given smaller retainers based on their performances in domestic cricket.
“The concept of the new contracts is not just based on seniority. Now, 40 percent points will be awarded for performance and the remaining 60 for fitness, discipline and seniority,” Zakir Khan, director of cricket operations, said on Monday.  He said the Board had no grudge against Inzamam, who retired from one-day internationals and stepped down from the captaincy after Pakistan's early World Cup exit. Inzamam has said he wants to continue playing Test cricket.
Contracted players:
Category ‘A’ (Rs 250,000 per month): Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif.
Category ‘B’ (Rs 150,000 per month): Salman Butt, Mohammad Sami, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Danish Kaneria, Kamran Akmal.
Category ‘C’ (Rs 100,000 per month): Imran Nazir, Rao Iftikhar, Faisal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Yasir Arafat.