Karachi: In a major blunder, the PCB has ended up sending copies of the 2012 central contracts to the members of Pakistan team in England instead of dispatching the new contracts for 2013.
According to a report in the "Jang" newspaper, the board officials realized their mistake after the old contacts had already been dispatched to England to be handed over to the players for their signatures.
"After it was realized what had happened the board than sent the new central contracts announced recently for 2013," the report said. Interestingly, the players have only been sent the last page of the central contracts for their signatures meaning they are not aware as yet about the details and clauses on the other pages of the contracts.
"Players have been told to sign the last page of the contracts by the manager of the team, Naved Akram Cheema who is handling things on behalf of the board causing some discern among the players who want to know details about the other clauses in their contracts," the report said....
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