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LONDON : England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and batsman Liam Livingstone have been given annual central contracts while Dawid Malan and Jason Roy have dropped from full deals to increment ones, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
Batsman Harry Brook has been added to the England squad for the four-match one-day series against New Zealand starting on Friday.
E ngland’s summer begins at Lord’s against Ireland on Thursday and even if it is only a starter before the lavish main course of the Ashes I am sure nobody in that dressing room will be taking it lightly. It is, after all, a Test at the home of cricket, a big crowd, a big game and there is lots of competition in the squad.
The Hundred draft on Thursday saw 30 men's players picked across the eight teams and overall 64 players were picked up across the men's and women's categories by eight teams. Welsh Fire went above and beyond to snap the Pakistan pacer duo of Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf for the tournament. Welsh Fire's new coach Michael Hussey first selected Tom Abell and Tim David in the draft, then the head coach went to pick the Pakistan pacer duo, as well as the all-round skills of David Willey.
LONDON : England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and batsman Liam Livingstone have been given annual central contracts while Dawid Malan and Jason Roy have dropped from full deals to increment ones, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
The board also announced increment contracts for Harry Brook, Matthew Potts, Reece Topley and David Willey in its 30-man overall list, which has players set to feature in red-ball and white-ball matches during the next 12 months. The increment contracts recognise players who may feature for England on a less predictable basis.
England will select their team for next week's third Test against South Africa at the The Oval from an unchanged squad.
The hosts levelled the series at 1-1 with a dominant innings and 85-run win inside three days in the second Test at Old Trafford. Captain Ben Stokes scored 103 -- his first Test century as skipper -- and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes 113 not out.