Former captain Inzamam ul Haq's fate hangs in balance as the Pakistan Cricket Board has asked the national selection committee to submit a shortlist
of 30 players, 20 of whom will get the new central contracts by July 1.
Chief operating officer of the board Shafqat Naqmi said Inzamam would get
a contract if picked by the selectors.
"Inzamam will certainly get a central contract if he is
among the shortlist finalised by the selectors," Naqmi said today.
"The selectors will give us at least 30 names and we will
then pick the best 20 for the year old new contracts," he said, adding
the new contracts would be approved by the board's ad-hoc committee at a meeting
in Bhurban on June 16 and would be given out by July 1st.
Inzamam announced his retirement from one-day internationals
and stepped down as captain after Pakistan were eliminated in the first
round of the World Cup. The 37-year-old, however, expressed his wish
to continue playing Test cricket.
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