Batsmen Brad Hodge and David Hussey and wicketkeeper Graham Manou also lost their central contracts.
The selectors have stuck by Lee, 33, who has retired from test cricket, despite injuries and poor form. He has been selected in the squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies starting on April 30.
"I suppose it's a leap of faith, but a leap of faith in a player who's taken 300-odd test wickets and has been one of our best, so we're giving him that opportunity," chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch told reporters on Wednesday.
Lee, who took 310 wickets in 76 tests, is currently playing for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League in a bid to find form following a lengthy recovery from surgery in December for an elbow injury.
The five promoted players are pacemen Ryan Harris and Clint McKay, wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine, all-rounder Steven Smith and batsman Adam Voges.
Contracted players will receive a minimum retainer of A$200,000 dollars ($186,000) plus match fees, tour fees and prize money.
“If your fielding is not up to the standards no matter how good a player you might be, you will let the team down,” said Ijaz, who has worked as fielding coach with the team in the past.
Ijaz said this is why he had planned to ensure that the players will be working hard on their fielding during the preparatory camp which gets underway from March 28 here.
“I have seen how teams in modern day cricket have improved basically by lifting their fielding standards and being more consistent,” he said.
“Fielding is all about enthusiasm and the desire to enjoy the art of fielding. Our players lack in the fielding area and that needs to be changed.
“Fielding has been our biggest weakness and we will mainly focus on it during the training camps. I have special plans which I will implement during the camp to improve our team’s fielding,” the former Pakistan cricketer added.
Waqar Younis and Ijaz were recently appointed as chief coach and assistant coach of the Pakistan team on two-year contracts by the cricket board after the national team flopped miserably in Australia.
Ijaz said that he had learnt a lot about fielding just watching players from other teams, particularly Jonty Rhodes.
“I want to see our players field with the same spirit and precision. We have lot of talents and if we can improve our fielding Pakistan can be a formidable side and hard to beat in any competition,” he said.
“We will spend almost two hours daily on fielding drills during the camp. I am sure that there will be a lot of improvements,” he added.
Meanwhile, Waqar said he also have some plans for the Pakistan team but declined to share it.
“I am happy that some of the former players have backed me and are willing to help me out when needed. The one thing I have also learnt is that one should avoid giving unnecessary statements or making claims, it is good to make statements after you have achieved something. I want to deliver results and focus on my job,” he said.
PCB Select 37 Players For Central Contracts: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced to award central contracts to 37 national players.
According to the details, names of Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naveed ul Hassan and Younis Khan were out of the central contracts list.
Danish Kaneria, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal were included in A category while Fawwad Alam, Yasir Irfan, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riyaz and Abdul Rehman were awarded C category.
Injured Gambhir Not Play Against South Africa:KOLKATA (Reuters) - Batsman Gautam Gambhir has been ruled out of this month's one-day series against South Africa due to a groin injury, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday.
India named a 15-man squad for the first two games of the three-match series starting in Jaipur on Sunday. Uncapped Ravichandran Ashwin has been called up after experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh declared himself unavailable for the first two games for personal reasons.
