Cricket-England increase central contracts to record 39

Cricket - Third One Day International - England v Sri Lanka - The Oval, London, Britain - September 27, 2026 England's Jordan Cox celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's Janith Liyanage Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

Oct 12 (Reuters) - England ⁠have expanded their number of ⁠centrally contracted players to a record ‌39, including 30 full contracts, the ECB said on Monday.

Former captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler ​Mark Wood retired from ⁠internationals last year, ⁠and opener Zak Crawley and left-arm seamer ⁠Luke Wood ‌did not get renewed contracts.

Uncapped seamer Henry Crocombe was ⁠awarded a two-year deal as one ​of seven ‌players added to England's full-contract list ⁠for the ​first time.

Jordan Cox also received a two-year deal, and Tom Banton, Sam Cook, ⁠Emilio Gay, Matthew Fisher and ​Dan Lawrence earned one-year contracts. Seam bowler Ollie Robinson returned to the list ⁠after holding central contracts in 2022 and 2023.

England now have 11 players on two-year contracts, with test captain Joe ​Root, one-day skipper Harry ⁠Brook, Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell among ​nine whose deals have ‌been extended until September ​2028.

(Reporting by Paras J. Haji in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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板球——第三场一日国际赛——英格兰对阵斯里兰卡——英国伦敦椭圆球场——2026年9月27日。英格兰队的乔丹·考克斯接住斯里兰卡队的贾尼特·利雅纳格的球后庆祝。（图片来自路透社/约翰·西布利）

10 月 12 日（路透社）——英格兰板球委员会周一表示，英格兰已将其中央合同球员人数扩大到创纪录的 39 人，其中包括 30 份正式合同。

前队长本·斯托克斯和快速投球手马克·伍德去年从国际赛场退役，而开球手扎克·克劳利和左臂快速投球手卢克·伍德没有获得续约合同。

尚未代表英格兰队出战的快速投手亨利·克罗科姆获得了一份为期两年的合同，他是首次被列入英格兰队正式合同名单的七名球员之一。

乔丹·考克斯也获得了一份为期两年的合同，汤姆·班顿、萨姆·库克、埃米利奥·盖伊、马修·费舍尔和丹·劳伦斯则获得了一年的合同。缝线投手奥利·罗宾逊在2022年和2023年持有中央合同后，重返名单。

英格兰队目前有 11 名球员签有两年合同，其中包括测试赛队长乔·鲁特、一日赛队长哈里·布鲁克、乔弗拉·阿彻和雅各布·贝瑟尔等九名球员，他们的合同已延长至 2028 年 9 月。

（Paras J. Haji在班加罗尔报道，Ed Osmond编辑）

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