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      <title>PCB awards domestic contracts to 65 women cricketers</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded the domestic contracts to 65 women cricketers for the domestic cricket season 2025-26 on Thursday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These contracts will run for the upcoming season, from July 2025 to June 2026.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the PCB, this is the first time that the contracts have been “categorised into Gold and Silver with 20 and 45 players awarded, respectively.”&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Names were finalised by the members of the National Women’s Selection Committee members former Test Cricketer Asad Shafiq and former Pakistan Women’s International cricketer Batool Fatima.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Players outside of this pool can also stake a claim in the domestic contracts list by proving their potential in the upcoming domestic events and regional academy camps,” said the statement.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>These contracts will run for the upcoming season, from July 2025 to June 2026.</p>
<p>According to the PCB, this is the first time that the contracts have been “categorised into Gold and Silver with 20 and 45 players awarded, respectively.”</p>
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<p>Names were finalised by the members of the National Women’s Selection Committee members former Test Cricketer Asad Shafiq and former Pakistan Women’s International cricketer Batool Fatima.</p>
<p>“Players outside of this pool can also stake a claim in the domestic contracts list by proving their potential in the upcoming domestic events and regional academy camps,” said the statement.</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:51:49 +0500</pubDate>
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