England Cricket: Sam Curran Earns Central Contract

England Cricket: Sam Curran Earns Central Contract

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has awarded the Surrey all-rounder, Sam Curran with his first central contract.

Having made his Test debut in June against Pakistan, the 20-year-old continued his consistent performances and was named player of the series against India. This was a result of his 272 runs and 11 wickets which enable England to win the home series by 4-1.

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Also, England off-spinner, Adil Rashid and wicket-keeper batsman, Jos Buttler have been awarded contracts of both limited overs and Test cricket. Adil and Buttler now feature in the list of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes in having contracts of both the test and limited overs of the sport.

Not entirely sure about Sam Curran getting a central contract. Seems premature. There’s a chance his bowling looks innocuous abroad. Love his batting, and love him as a prospect, but should Roland Jones have got a central contract at the end of last summer? Not for me

— The Full Toss Cricket Blog (@thefulltoss) September 28, 2018

Sam Curran’s more established sibling Tom Curran has been given an incremental contract for the upcoming 12 months.

Also, England’s former captain and opening batsman, Alastair Cook is not seen in the rundown, following his retirement from the sport, while pacers Toby Roland-Jones and Jake Ball have been revoked of their central contracts.

Sam Curran has been awarded a Test central contract as reward for his international breakthrough; England will now have the say on his workload.#SamCurran

— Duke and Kookaburra (@d_ktalkballs) September 28, 2018

Incremental contract:

• Tom Curran

Test-match contracts:

• Adil Rashid
• Ben Stokes
• Chris Woakes
• James Anderson
• Joe Root
• Jonny Bairstow
• Jos Buttler
• Moeen Ali
• Sam Curran
• Stuart Broad

There is a vicious circle of finance developed. England players on £1million contracts, county players on £100k + contracts; large coaching & admin staffs. Unsustainable without TV money and t20 crowds. Agenda driven by money not the game. No one wants a pay cut do they.

— Berkeley Red (@berkeley_red) September 27, 2018

ODI/T20 contracts:

• Adil Rashid
• Alex Hales
• Ben Stokes
• Chris Woakes
• David Willey
• Eoin Morgan
• Jason Roy
• Joe Root
• Jonny Bairstow
• Jos Buttler
• Liam Plunkett
• Mark Wood
• Moeen Ali

2018/19 Test contracts (till Oct 2019) for everyone who played at The Oval minus Keaton Jennings. 13 ODI contracts. No great surprises. Tom Curran on an incremental

— Huw Turbervill (@huwzat) September 28, 2018

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