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PCB demotes Umar Akmal, Shehzad in central contract

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) om Thursday announced annual central contract for the year 2017 and to surprise of much of us, swashbuckling batsmen Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad have been kept in the lowest category of the contract list.

Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal and Fawad Alam were cut from the contracted list of players altogether, ESPNcricinfo reported.

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah and wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed have been awarded category-A contracts.

PCB demotes Umar Akmal, Shehzad in central contract | Thenewstribe.com

The PCB announced on Thursday the list of 30 players given contracts valid from October 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. The following are the major changes to the list from the previous year:

Category A: Azhar Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Yasir Shah

Category B: Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Amir

Category C: Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan, Imran Khan, Shan Masood, Mohammad Irfan, Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Khalid Latif, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Sohail Khan, Sohail Tanvir

Category D: Anwar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Asghar, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal

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