The new central contracts will come into effect from July 1, 2021.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Monday (June 28), announced the central contracts for Pakistan women’s cricketers for the 2021-22 season with a 10% increase in monthly remuneration across all categories. The PCB also increased the number of central contracts from 9 to 12.
In its bid to continue to reward and incentivize top-performing women cricketers, the PCB has also added three more spots in the central contracts for women cricketers for the 2021-22 season.
The new central contracts for the Pakistan women’s cricketers will come into effect from 1 July, including 12 spots divided between A, B, and C categories, while eight cricketers have been retained in the emerging contracts list.
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The Pakistan national women’s selection committee has also kept one spot open in the central contracts that will be awarded based on on-field performance this year.
The PCB said in a statement on Monday, “In total, the PCB has awarded 20 contracts for the 2021-22 cricket season, which is two more than the previous.”
The statement further reads, “Monthly retainers across all rungs – including the emerging category – have been increased by 10 percent and the national women’s selection committee has kept one spot open in the central contracts that will be awarded in the year based on on-field performance.”
Meanwhile, Urooj Mumtaz, the chairman of the national women’s selection committee, stated: “The Pakistan Cricket Board has increased the list of central contracts from nine to 12 as it continues to value and reward the best performers on the circuit.”
She concluded, “The emerging category retains eight players. Over the next year, the PCB, in total, will contract 20 women cricketers, which is an increase of two from the 2020-21 season. To ensure that the players who have not earned central contracts stay motivated, we have announced an open spot in the central contracts to be awarded to one player for outstanding performances during the year.”
Here are the central contracts for women’s cricketers for the 2021-22 season:
Category A – Bismah Maroof and Javeria Khan
Category B – Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, and Nida Dar
Category C – Anam Amin, Fatima Sana, Kainat Imtiaz, Nahida Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, and Sidra Nawaz
Emerging contracts for women’s cricketers for the 2021-22 season: Ayesha Naseem, Kaynat Hafeez, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Najiha Alvi, Rameen Shamim, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, and Syeda Aroob Shah
(With PCB/PTI Inputs)