Cricket: Blind cricketers get central contracts

Pakistan Blind Cricket Council says it will give central contacts to 19 national players.

Blind Cricket Team Captain Zeeshan Abbasi. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

KARACHI:


The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has said it will give central contracts to 19 national players with effect from January 1, 2013.



The players who have received the six-month contracts have been divided into three categories. A sum of Rs14,000 monthly will be given to players in category A while the cricketers placed in B and C categories will receive Rs 12,000 and 10,000 each respectively. According to PBCC chairman Syed Sultan Shah, category A includes Pakistan captain Zeeshan Abbasi, Anees Javed, Mohammad Jameel and Amir Ashfaq while category B includes Idrees Salim and Mohammad Akram.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 24th, 2013.
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