The PCB included three players in the contracts list although they did not play a single match for Pakistan in 2009.

Three players, who have been included in the contracts list are Muhammad Hafeez, Abdul Rehman and Wahab Riaz.

The contracts committee, headed by chief operating officer Wasim Bari demoted Sarfaraz, Latif and Manzoor to the stipends list although the three performed well when given the opportunity to play for the national team.

Manzoor in his last Test innings scored 80 runs in Australia and has played in seven Tests and three ODIs in 2009 and 2010.

Latif played four ODIs and two T20 matches and Sarfaraz seen as the successor to Kamran Akmal appeared in one Test, one ODI and two T20 matches in the same period.

Interestingly, while the Board said on Friday it had awarded contracts and stipends to leading performers of the domestic season it has ignored players like Muhammad Sami and Hasan Reza who have had outstanding seasons for their teams.

Sami was sent to Australia for the Test series and he did well in the Sydney match besides captaining Karachi to the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title in the domestic season.

Chief selector Mohsin Khan distanced himself from the decision on which players would get contracts and stipends.

"The national selection committee had nothing to do with the final selection of players this was done by the contracts committee of the Board," he said.

Former Test player Moin Khan also slammed the decision to omit Imran Nazir and Rao Iftikhar.

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