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Pakistan to assess players before deciding central contracts
The Pakistan Cricket Board is delaying central contracts while coaches and selectors assess players.
Pakistan will play England and Sri Lanka in an ODI tri-series from October 18 to 31 in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
Head coach Mike Hesson and the selectors also want to consider players’ performances in domestic first-class cricket.
The board plans to use format-specific categories rather than seniority, including Test, T20 and white-ball deals.
The contracts may be announced after Pakistan’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka in November.
The previous contracts expired on July 31, and the new deals are expected to be backdated.
Pakistan’s cricketers will have to wait for new central contracts while the head coach and selectors assess players.
They plan to consider performances in the home ODI tri-series and the domestic first-class season.
The Pakistan Cricket Board intends to use format-specific categories rather than seniority to assign contracts.
The contracts may be announced after Pakistan’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka in November.
The previous central contracts expired on July 31, and the new deals are expected to be backdated.
- Who
- Pakistan’s cricketers; head coach Mike Hesson and the national selectors will assess players.
- What
- The Pakistan Cricket Board is delaying new central contracts while it assesses performances and decides contract categories.
- When
- Players will be assessed during the ODI tri-series, scheduled for October 18 to 31; the announcement may come after the November Tests against Sri Lanka.
- Where
- The tri-series is scheduled for Rawalpindi and Lahore, Pakistan.
- Why
- The head coach and selectors want to assess performances in international matches and the domestic first-class season before deciding contract categories.
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Pakistan is scheduled to compete in an ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka and England in Rawalpindi and Lahore.
The head coach and selectors are expected to make a final decision on central contracts after assessing players.
Pakistan is scheduled to play a two-Test series against Sri Lanka, after which the new contracts may be announced.
- Tri-series dates
- October 18–31
- Tri-series teams
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England
- Tri-series venues
- Rawalpindi and Lahore
- Previous contracts expired
- July 31
- Possible announcement
- After the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in November
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What people are saying
The reason for this is that head coach Mike Hesson, who is coaching the national team in all formats, and the national selectors want to have a look at the performances of the players in the ongoing international matches at home and also the ongoing first-class domestic season before they reach a decision.
Whenever the central contracts are given out, they will be given on a backdate as the last central contracts expired on 31st July,