PCB to award home contracts to 360 gamers for 2023-24 season

Aug 25, 2023 at 7:32 PM
PCB to award home contracts to 360 gamers for 2023-24 season

A complete of 360 cricketers, from 18 regional groups, are going to be supplied PCB home contracts for the 2023-24 season in Pakistan, almost double the variety of contracts they’d supplied over the previous few seasons. Twenty of the gamers will likely be supplied the A+ class, and the remaining 340 in classes A to F. The names of the gamers haven’t been introduced but.

“Through this initiative, the PCB is cultivating a brighter future for domestic cricketers, enabling them to focus wholeheartedly on their game and raising the overall standard of our cricket,” Junaid Zia, director of home cricket operations at PCB, mentioned in a press release.

Although the worth of retainers supplied has not elevated, the bigger pool of cricketers being supplied them is a course change from the previous few editions of the Quaid-e-Azam (QeA) trophy; these editions featured solely six provincial groups.

Category A+ retainers are value PKR 300,000 and will likely be made up of the highest 4 batters and 5 bowlers from the final three seasons – 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 – of the QeA trophy together with 11 different gamers beneficial by the PCB’s central contract committee.

The PCB’s standards for the remaining classes are as follows:

  • Category A (30 gamers) – PKR 200,000: The high 4 batters and the highest 4 bowlers (two quick bowlers and two spinners) on the Pakistan Cup (List A) for the final three seasons; the highest two batters and two bowlers (two quick bowlers and two spinners) of the National T20 for the final three seasons; high two batters and high two bowlers (two quick bowlers and two spinners) and the highest allrounder beneath these in Category A+ of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the final three seasons; Test gamers who’re a part of present regional squads.

  • Category B (30 gamers) – PKR 185,000: International gamers who’re half of the present regional squads; the highest three batters when it comes to runs, high two quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets and high two allrounders of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 (who are usually not in A+ or A); high 5 batters when it comes to runs, high three quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets and high two allrounders of Pakistan Cup 2022-23 (who are usually not in A+ or A); high 5 batters when it comes to runs, high three quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets and high two allrounders of National T2o 2022-23 (who are usually not in A+ or A).

  • Category C (30 gamers) – PKR 170,000: Players who’ve performed 50 or extra first-class matches (however are usually not within the earlier classes); gamers who’ve represented Pakistan Shaheens/Emerging since 2022 (however are usually not within the earlier classes); gamers who’ve been part of Pakistan squad inside final one yr (however are usually not within the earlier classes); high two wicketkeepers of every Quad-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and National T20 for the season 2022-23 (however are usually not within the earlier classes); high three batters when it comes to runs, high two quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets, and high two allrounders of the 2022-23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (however are usually not within the earlier classes); high three batters when it comes to runs, high two quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets, and high two allrounders of the final Pakistan Cup (however are usually not within the earlier classes).

  • Category D (30 gamers) – PKR 150,000: The high three batters when it comes to runs, high two quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets, and high two allrounders of National T20 Season 2022-23 (however are usually not within the earlier classes) Top 5 batters when it comes to runs, high two quick bowlers when it comes to wickets, high two spinners when it comes to wickets, high two allrounders, and high two wicketkeepers, every, (when it comes to wickets and runs) of the PCB’s Second XI Championship, Challenge and T20 for the Season 2022-23; gamers who’ve represented Pakistan Under-19 within the final two years

  • Category E (50 gamers) – PKR 100,000: Players who’ve represented Pakistan Shaheens previously; gamers who’ve represented the Pakistan rising crew within the final two years; gamers who’ve represented Pakistan Under-19 previously; gamers who’ve performed 20 or extra first-class matches

  • Category F (170 gamers) – PKR 50,000: The remaining home gamers.

    • On August 11 this yr, the brand new PCB administration had introduced the revamped domestic cricket calendar, and the PCB mentioned in a press release whereas asserting the contracts that “this step will make sure that the regions and departments compete on a level playing field by utilising the best available talent”. The President’s Trophy, a second first-class match with division sides in it, will supply first-class gamers one other incomes alternative, with its personal match charges.

    Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to begin on September 10

    “As per the new financial model, a player featuring in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will now get a match fee of PKR 80,000, players participating in the Hanif Mohammad Trophy will get PKR 40,000 per game,” the PCB mentioned in a press release. “Those playing the white-ball tournaments – the Pakistan Cup and the National T20 – will now earn PKR 40,000 per game. The non-playing members of a first-class team will get PKR 40,000 and earn PKR 20,000 per match in white-ball cricket respectively.”

    The PCB additionally defined that (a) if a participant who falls in a couple of criterion or already has a PCB contract then the identical contract will likely be trickled right down to the following participant, (b) the contracts are in descending order, if there are extra gamers in a single class then the remaining gamers will likely be trickled right down to the following class, equally, if there are fewer gamers in a sure class then the gamers within the subsequent fast class will likely be upgraded; (c) contracts will likely be given after clearance of health check.

    The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will begin on September 10, following which the second first-class competitors of the calendar, the President’s Trophy, will begin on December 15.