Ben Stokes pens one-year central contact with ECB. (Credit: AP)
Ben Stokes has penned a one-year central contract with ECB whereas Jofra Archer-Joe Root had been amongst 18 gamers who had been awarded with multi-year contracts.
England Test captain Ben Stokes has reportedly snubbed a multi-year central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board, as an alternative penning a one-year extension. Harry Brook, Joe Root and pacer Mark Wood have been rewarded with three-year central contracts by the ECB, whereas the likes of Jofra Archer, white-ball captain Jos Buttler, and Sam Curran amongst others have been handed two-year contracts.
As many as 18 gamers acquired first-of-its-kind multi-year contracts, which was pre-dated from October 1 this yr, whereas 29 England cricketers had been awarded central contracts for the primary time.
Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue are amongst these gamers who’ve been handed central contracts for the primary time by the ECB.
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Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket, Rob Key, stated: “We are rewarding those players who we expect to make a significant impact over the coming years playing for England.
They will play a pivotal role in England’s efforts over the next few years.”
Three-year Central Contract: Joe Root, Mark Wood, Harry Brook.
Two-year Central Contract: Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jonathan Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
One-year contract: Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Robinson, Reece Topley.
Developmental Contract: Matthew Fisher, Saqib Mahmood, John Turner.
England’s droop in ODI World Cup 2023
The defending champions have struggled to dwell as much as their billing within the World Cup up to now, having gained only one sport from 4 outings up to now. Buttler and Co. began their marketing campaign with a defeat to New Zealand however bounced again with a 137-run win over Bangladesh.
They would then endure an enormous upset by the hands of Afghanistan by 69 runs and had been additionally crushed by South Africa by 229 runs which noticed the English aspect slip to tenth place within the factors desk forward of their subsequent match towards Sri Lanka on October 26.
With company inputs
