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Hasan Ali, left out of last year’s list, rejoins it in the highest-earning Category A
Senior players Mohammad Abbas, Asad Shafiq and Imad Wasim, and youngsters Haider Ali and Naseem Shah are among the players missing from the Pakistan men’s contracts list for 2021-22.
Fast bowler Hasan Ali, meanwhile, has undergone a swift change in status. After having been left out last year, he rejoins the contracts list in Category A alongside Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Faheem Ashraf (Category B), Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali (both Category C), Usman Qadir, Imran Butt and Shahnawaz Dahani (all Emerging Category) have also earned new contracts this year, while Shan Masood, Haris Sohail, Usman Shinwari and Iftikhar Ahmed have lost theirs.
Pakistan men’s central contracts, 2021-22
Category A: Babar Azam, Hasan Ali (new), Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Category B: Azhar Ali (demoted from A), Faheem Ashraf (new), Fakhar Zaman (promoted from C), Fawad Alam (promoted from C), Shadab Khan, Yasir Shah
Category C: Abid Ali (demoted from B), Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Rauf (promoted from Emerging), Mohammad Hasnain (promoted from Emerging), Mohammad Nawaz (new), Nauman Ali (new), Sarfaraz Ahmed (demoted from B)
Emerging category: Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir (all new)
More to follow…
Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo’s Pakistan correspondent
This article was originally published by Espncricinfo.com. Read the original article here.