No contract for Afridi

The Board also did not award central contracts to the likes of former limited-over skipper Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar as they have announced their retirements from international cricket.

Malik, Akmal and Kaneria have not been considered for contracts as they have not been cleared of match-fixing. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez have all been placed in category ‘A’.

Allrounder Abdul Razzaq, who has not been selected for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, Taufiq Umar, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Sohail Tanvir and Wahab Riaz have been awarded category ‘B’ contract with a monthly salary of 175,000 rupees.

Contracted players: Category A: Younis Khan, Misbah-Ul-Haq, Umar Gul, Muhammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman.

Category B: Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Akmal, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Wahab Riaz, Taufiq Umar.

Category C: Junaid Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Hammad Azam, Sarfraz Ahmad, Sohail Khan, Adnan Akmal, Yasir Shah, Rameez Raja, Sharjeel Khan.