Additionally, the committee made the announcement that an "technical process" would be used to issue NOCs.
The PCB is considering" some important changes" to the nature of global cricketers ' obligations to Pakistan cricket, with potential implications for the ability to get NOCs, participation in local cricket and a change to northern contracts agreed next year.
What those important shifts contain, however, remains shrouded in mystery. A 500-word statement that was sunshine on detail- and never released through formal channels or uploaded to the PCB's established website- stated that domestic cricket "is then compulsory for players". The committee also announced that a "technical process" would be established for issuing Companies, and merely players meeting the criteria of that process may be granted NOCs. It seems that key contracts ' terms have been reduced to one year, a change from the landmark three-year deals that were announced last year.
No specific details were provided about what these changes would entail and how they would go into effect, despite the possible far-reaching effects of these changes. Committees may be formed to work out the fine print, including the technical specifications for the NOCs, the main deal tweaking, and how many private cricket international players may be required to perform, according to Mohammad Rafiullah, a spokesperson for the board chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
The original statement made no mention of the establishment of any committee, and it is not yet clear whether one committee will be tasked with all three responsibilities, or three separate committees will be formed to handle one task each. Within 15 days, Rafiullah promised to release their findings for implementation to ESPNcricinfo, which have not yet been established.
Initial reports suggested a punitive move was being considered in response to Pakistan's disastrous T20 World Cup campaign, but the statement did state that the centrally contracted players ' remuneration would not be reduced. It also said" the inclusion of players in various categories of the central contract would follow a defined procedure" without information on how this procedure was to be defined.
It was also announced that Test head coach Jason Gillespie and white-ball coach Gary Kirsten had been added to the selection committee, though once again, it has yet to be clarified whether that means both coaches will make selectorial decisions across formats, or only sit on committees relevant to the formats they are respective coaches for.
The issue concerning player NOCs is perhaps the prickliest one in Pakistan cricket at the moment, with some players understood to feel the spirit of the agreement to allow players two overseas leagues per year was not being respected. Last week, ESPNcricinfo reported Naseem Shah had been refused an NOC to play the Hundred on a contract worth GBP 125, 000, while Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam are also expected to have their NOCs for the Global T20 League in Canada turned down. There is no international cricket that clashes with either of these leagues, but the PCB is likely to cite workload management as a reason for their refusal.
In a separate statement, one that was uploaded to the PCB's official website, Australian pitch curator Tony Hemming was appointed the head curator on a two-year contract. He comes in ahead of a busy home season for Pakistan, which includes seven Test matches, a tri-series and the ICC Champions Trophy.
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