The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced contemporary central contracts from the boys’s group on Tuesday, October 24. Seven new players, together with rising star Harry Brook, acquired their first-ever central contracts which will likely be legitimate from Oct 1, 2023.
In a giant shock to followers, red-ball group captain Ben Stokes has signed a contract extension for one 12 months only. Reece Topley and Moeen Ali are additionally amongst eight players with one-year extensions together with star batter David Malan who was not a part of the earlier central contracts record.
Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue are seven new players to bag central contracts from the ECB.
“We are rewarding those players who we expect to make a significant impact over the coming years playing for England, “Rob Key, ECB Managing Director stated in an announcement. “It is nice information and a credit score to the players for demonstrating their dedication to English cricket within the ever-changing panorama of the game. I would really like to congratulate all of the players who’ve been supplied contracts. They will play a pivotal position in England’s efforts over the following few years.”
England Three-Year Central Contracts: Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Mark Wood (Durham)
England Two-Year Central Contracts: Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire – from 1 November), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
England One-Year Central Contracts: Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Ben Stokes (Durham). Reece Topley (Surrey)
England Development Contracts: Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), John Turner (Hampshire)
