{"id":180879,"date":"2026-06-15T19:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180879"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:32:24","slug":"pakistan-cricket-board-introduces-specialisation-based-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180879","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Cricket Board introduces specialisation-based contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71104850\">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced a new central contracts system for its players with the contracts now being given on the basis of specialist categories in all three formats of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the usual A, B, C, D categories, the PCB has introduced a system where Track A will include players who are red-ball specialists. Track B and C will include white-ball ODI and T20 players and Track D will have only T20 and franchise cricket specialists.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, flanked by the white-ball head coach, Mike Hesson, said at a media briefing that emphasis had been laid on improving the financial benefits for the players who are only in red-ball category so they don\u2019t feel deprived.<\/p>\n<p>Naqvi also said the contracts were devised after much discussions to keep up with the demands of modern-day cricket.<\/p>\n<p>He said that now each player would be given a clear pathway in his category and he would know what is expected of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players\u2019 contracts would only be renewed if they come up to all required performance and fitness standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB chief also said that in order to ensure complete transparency and merit in selection matters now all selections would be made 85 percent on data analysis and 15 percent on the recommendation of national selectors.<\/p>\n<p>He added this was a way to ensure no deserving player got ignored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/pakistan-new-player-contract-system-specialisation-based-red-ball-odi-t20-categories-explained\/article71104850.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced a new central contracts system for its players with the contracts now being given on the basis of specialist categories in all three formats of the game. Instead of the usual A, B, C, D categories, the PCB has introduced a system where Track A will include players &#8230; <a title=\"Pakistan Cricket Board introduces specialisation-based contracts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180879\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pakistan Cricket Board introduces specialisation-based contracts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTI02_15_2026_000310B.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180351,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180351","url_meta":{"origin":180879,"position":0},"title":"Mohsin Naqvi to rope in more former players for Pakistan cricket advisory panel","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pakistan cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi is set to induct three to four former Test and international stalwarts to help him in his bid to bring about improvements in the under-fire system of the game. 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