England announced the list of main contracts for the 2024/25 season

London (UK): Five players have been given their first central contract and seven players have been given two-year deals as England announced their list of main contracts for the 2024-25 season.

The list was announced on Friday with a total of 29 players receiving central contracts. This includes seven two-year contracts, 19 one-year contracts and three development contracts. according to ICC.

England captain Ben Stokes and White-ball captain Jos Buttler are among the seven players given a two-year central contract. Stokes, who was previously on a one-year contract, has now extended it to a two-year deal.

Other players included in the list of two-year contracts include England’s leading Test batter Joe Root, emerging talent Harry Brooke, and pacer Gus Atkinson, who has had an outstanding performance in home Tests with 34 wickets in just six matches, wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie. Smith and Mark Wood.

Jamie Smith is one of five players signed for the first time as an England center back under the new multi-year system. The others are Will Jacks, Shoaib Bashir, Phil Salt and Ollie Stone, each of whom received a one-year contract.

Jamie in particular put in an impressive 637 runs in nine Tests at an average of 42.46, a century and four fifties. Jax and Salt are a vital part of the English white-ball batting line-up, while Bashir and Stone represent the next generation of the English bowling line-up looking to replace the likes of Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jack Leach etc.

All-rounder Jacob Bethell and pacer Josh Hull, who made their international debuts in recent months against Australia and Sri Lanka respectively, also secured development contracts for the first time, joining John Turner.

List of contracts:

Two-year contracts: Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood.

Annual contracts: Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ollie Stone , Josh Tang, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes.

Development contracts: Jacob Bethell, Josh Hull, John Turner.

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