PCB has decided to award contracts on the basis of seniority and thus the senior ones got Cat. A. Tanvir was supposed to be in Cat. C since he is relatively new but due to his performance he was awarded Cat. B.
For the time being, they are done with retainer.
Actually, the cricinfo report has got nothing about Malik's renewal. So we still don't know the time period of his new tenure.
You don't have any problem with Bhanja getting the Cat. B contract ??
Thanks for all the news and updates. I would reckon Shoaib Malik is good till '09, or until the series with Australia in November. Let's see how he shapes as captain this year with credible teams and good oppositions.
I saw Bhanja's name in B and overlooked it but I can see he has already caused a few headaches. :D But that is a dubious selection also, when was the last time Faisal Iqbal played for the team?
And they selected Sarfraz Ahmed which I am hoping they will give chances to, in place of Akmal or have Akmal play as batsman only.
The biggest of them all has to be Akhtar making his way to Category A. I was reading an interview of him a few days ago where he mentioned that there is no other bowler like him who can deliver 150+ and PCB have to treat their bowlers right, or something along those lines.