PCB Announces An Upgraded Women's Central Contracts List For 2020-21 Season
Updated - 05 Jun 2020, 07:52 PM
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the women’s central contract list for 2020-21. Around a month ago, the board released the list of players of centrally contracted men for the 2020-21 season, springing a few surprises. The PCB has listed nine players in the women’s team, adding some privileges and a few extra features.
Interestingly, left-arm spinner Anam Amin and middle-order batter Omaima Sohail are the new entrants in the list, which will come to effect from the 1st of July.
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The likes of Bismah Mahroof, Javeria Khan, and Diana Baig have received promotions, owing to their performances in the concluded season of 2019-20. Bismah scored 213 runs at an average of 42.60 in five ODIs and 236, averaging 39.33 in T20Is. On the other hand, Javeria was the highest run-getter for Pakistan in T20Is, which comprised of three half-centuries.
The nine-player catalogue includes emerging athletes namely 16-year old Syeda Aroob Shah, 15-year-old Ayesha Naseem, 22-year-old Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Fatima Sana, Kainat Hafeez, Najiha Alvi, Rameen Shamim, Saba Nazir and Sadia Iqbal.
Well, Ayesha Naseem made her first international appearance in the ICC women’s T20 World Cup this year while Sadia Iqbal won the player of the match award on her T20I debut against Bangladesh in October.
The PCB has also decided to retain Bismah Maroof as the captain till the end of the 2020-21 season. However, the apex body of cricket in the nation chose not to keep Iqbal Imam as the coach, who will join the high-performance set-up. The replacement is yet to be announced, which would be selected through an advertisement process.
PCB hands an increase in salary for all category of players:
The refurbished contract from PCB witnesses the Category A players receive a rise of 33 per cent while Category B and C will get an increment of 25 and 20 per cent respectively. As part of continuing the previous year’s trend, the women’s team will travel business class on all flights longer than five hours.
Another massive boost arrived in the form of match fee and event prize money which has been enhanced by 100 per cent while daily allowances see an increase of 50 per cent. Urooj Mumtaz, who is the chairperson of the national women’s selection committee, congratulated all the players, who have received central contracts and hailed everybody’s performances.
Category A – Bismah Maroof and Javeria Khan
Category B – Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig and Sidra Nawaz
Category C – Anam Amin, Nahida Khan, Nida Dar and Omaima Sohail.
Women’s emerging contract list 2020-21: Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Kainat Hafeez, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Najiha Alvi, Rameen Shamim, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal and Syeda Aroob Shah
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