Naved earns category C contract

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, the Pakistan fast bowler, has been awarded a central contract for 2009 and been placed in the bottom of three categories. Naved was recalled to Pakistan's one-day international squad after cutting ties with the unofficial ICL and has been put put in category C of the central contracts system.

The PCB had earlier included Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq and Imran Nazir in the central contract system after the trio quit the ICL.

Players bracketed in category C receive Rs 100,000 per month.