Surrey’s Gus Atkinson, Sam Curran, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes and Reece Topley have signed England Men’s Central Contracts
Three Surrey Pathway graduates have signed two-year England contracts. Men’s Test vice captain Ollie Pope has signed a two-year deal, along with Gus Atkinson – who has signed his first ECB central contact and all-rounder Sam Curran.
Ben Foakes and Reece Topley have signed one-year contracts.
The system, which covers both red-ball and white-ball players, considers the likelihood of players featuring in England teams across formats over the next period while recognising performances in the preceding year. Multi-year contracts have been awarded for the first time since central contracts were established in 2000. The ECB has worked closely with the Professional Cricketers’ Association and Team England Player Partnership on behalf of the players to reach an outcome for all parties.
In total, 29 players have received Central Contract offers – 18 England Multi-Year Central Contracts, eight England Annual Central Contracts, and three England Development Contracts.
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)
