The ECB introduced its listing of guys’s centrally acquired players for the 2024/25 period on Thursday, that included expansions for global captains Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.
The ECB presented multi-year main agreements from the beginning of the 2023/24 period, and an overall of 18 players authorized deals competing 2 or 3 years last October
One of one of the most significant players to make just a 1 year contract in 2015 was Test captain Ben Stokes, that rejected the ECB’s deal of a three-year offer. It had actually been validated previously this month, however, that Stokes had actually authorized a brand-new two-year offer, which is mirrored in the existing contract listing.
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White- round captain Jos Buttler authorized a two-year contract in 2015, and has actually safeguarded one more one beginning with this period. He will certainly currently be acquired till 2026.
Buttler has actually not played any kind of affordable cricket given that the 2024 T20 World Cup in June, having actually endured a calf bone injury which ruled him out of The Hundred totally, prior to he missed out on the white-ball collection versus Australia in September.
Buttler’s rehab from the injury endured a “trouble” recently, and he will certainly miss out on the ODI collection versus West Indies in theCaribbean However, he is still anticipated to play the five-match T20I collection.
Five various other players have actually safeguarded main agreements for the very first time– Jamie Smith (2 years), Shoaib Bashir (1 year), Will Jacks (1 year), Phil Salt (1 year) and Olly Stone (1 year). Jacob Bethell and Josh Hull have actually authorized advancement agreements, as has John Turner that did so in 2015 too.
Full listing of England’s centrally acquired players for the 2024/25 period
| Name | County | Contract Length |
| Gus Atkinson | Surrey | 2 years |
| Harry Brook | Yorkshire | 2 years |
| Jos Buttler | Lancashire | 2 years |
| Joe Root | Yorkshire | 2 years |
| Jamie Smith | Surrey | 2 years |
| Ben Stokes | Durham | 2 years |
| Mark Wood | Durham | 2 years |
| Rehan Ahmed | Leicestershire | 1 year |
| Jofra Archer | Sussex | 1 year |
| Jonny Bairstow | Yorkshire | 1 year |
| Shoaib Bashir | Somerset | 1 year |
| Brydon Carse | Durham | 1 year |
| Zak Crawley | Kent | 1 year |
| Sam Curran | Surrey | 1 year |
| Ben Duckett | Nottinghamshire | 1 year |
| Will Jacks | Surrey | 1 year |
| Jack Leach | Somerset | 1 year |
| Liam Livingstone | Lancashire | 1 year |
| Ollie Pope | Surrey | 1 year |
| Matthew Potts | Durham | 1 year |
| Adil Rashid | Yorkshire | 1 year |
| Phil Salt | Lancashire | 1 year |
| Olly Stone | Nottinghamshire | 1 year |
| Josh Tongue | Nottinghamshire | 1 year |
| Reece Topley | Surrey | 1 year |
| Chris Woakes | Warwickshire | 1 year |
| Jacob Bethell | Warwickshire | Development contract |
| Josh Hull | Leicestershire | Development contract |
| John Turner | Hampshire | Development contract |
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