England split cricket coaching setups and hand out record 39 central contracts

England cricket hands out record 39 central contracts

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England cricket has handed out a record 39 central contracts, according to The Guardian — Sport. The contracts include 30 main deals and nine development contracts. The main deals include one- and two-year contracts, with Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jofra Archer, and Jacob Bethell extending their terms until the end of 2028. Jordan Cox, Sonny Baker, and Henry Crocombe also received two-year contracts.

The coaching teams are settled before Stephen Fleming starts his new role as Test head coach in South Africa this winter. Two-year contracts have been issued to Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Sam Curran, and Will Jacks. One-year contracts have been issued to Rehan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Shoaib Bashir, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Matthew Fisher, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Ollie Robinson, Phil Salt, and Jamie Smith.

Development contracts have been issued to James Coles, Mason Crane, Josh Hull, Eddie Jack, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, Thomas Rew, Matthew Revis, Mitch Stanley, and Marcus Trescothick will remain as an assistant coach to the Test side only. New coaches include James Foster and Richard Dawson, who will be part of the Test staff. Dawson has also been named as “national spin-bowling lead” and will leave his current role at Glamorgan.

South African Eric Simons has been hired as the Test fast bowling coach. It ends a run of short-term hires when Brendon McCullum was Test head coach, including Jimmy Anderson, David Saker, and Tim Southee. Southee and Jeetan Patel will now solely be part of McCullum’s white-ball staff to give it a strong New Zealand flavour, with Sarah Taylor the one full-time English coach here. Kevin Pietersen will also continue to make guest appearances as a “specialist mentor” as Harry Brook’s side looks to the 2027 World Cup.

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