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Aamir Sharif (Abbottabad), Aamer Manzoor Faridi (Multan), Adnan Farooq (Islamabad), Arif Abdul Majeed (Hyderabad), Azhar Hussain (Lahore), Faiz Muhammad Baloch (Dera Murad Jamali), Farrukh Ilyas Raja (Sialkot), Hafeez-ur-Rehman (Bahawalpur), Junaid Shah (Kohat), Muhammad Ammad (Quetta), Muhammad Aslam Sahto (Larkana), Muhammad Atiq (Sahiwal), Muhammad Zeeshan (Rawalpindi), Nadeem Akhtar (Peshawar), Najmus Saeed (Lahore), Nasir Khan (Sargodha), Salman Hussain Kazmi (Karachi), Shakeel Ahmed (Rawalpindi), Syed Imran Ali (Karachi) and Tahir Suhaib (Faisalabad).<br \/>\nAbout the initiative, Director Domestic Cricket Operations PCB, Abdullah Khurram Niazi said: \u201cThe PCB is delighted to offer first-ever annual contracts to 20 of our esteemed scorers across the country. I\u2019m confident this move will contribute towards the strengthening of our domestic cricket ecosystem as we look to safeguard all those who contribute towards its well-being and conduct\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is also a testament of the PCB\u2019s vision to recognise all the cogs of wheel in Pakistan\u2019s Cricket fraternity and help them grow and give back to our sport with more enthusiasm and dedication than before\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE In a groundbreaking move, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday introduced first-ever yearly scorer contracts which run from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. 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