Stokes Signs England Deal To Home Ashes In 2027

Captain Ben Stokes has extended his England cardinal statement done to nan extremity of nan adjacent location Ashes bid successful 2027.

Stokes, whose erstwhile woody was owed to expire astatine nan extremity of adjacent summer, is 1 of 14 players to motion connected for 2 years.

They see gait bowler Jofra Archer, who has signed an extended statement pursuing his return to Test cricket.

England said nan contracts reward performances successful nan past year, while besides looking up to nan upcoming schedule. The location Ashes successful 2027 is followed by a 50-over World Cup successful South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

All of nan 16 players successful nan squad for nan upcoming Ashes successful Australia person been handed a statement of astatine slightest 1 year.

Eleven of nan Ashes squad - including Stokes, Archer, Joe Root and Harry Brook - person signed two-year deals.

Four of nan 5 pinch one-year contracts - batters Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope, spinner Shoaib Bashir and seamer Matthew Potts - are not multi-format players, while 35-year-old gait bowler Mark Wood is entering nan last portion of a three-year statement he signed successful 2023.

The hold of Stokes' statement is peculiarly eye-catching.

The 34-year-old all-rounder has a chequered wounded grounds and is presently recovering from a enarthrosis problem.

However, he is connected way to beryllium fresh for nan first Ashes Test successful Perth connected 21 November, which would beryllium his first action since July.

In signing a longer deal, it indicates nan imaginable for him to lead England into nan 2027 Ashes and besides aligns his early pinch caput coach Brendon McCullum, who is contracted to England until nan extremity of nan World Cup that year.

All-rounder Jamie Overton, who has taken a break from red-ball cricket, is fixed a one-year woody for his first cardinal contract.

Also signing one-year deals for nan first clip are gait bowlers Sonny Baker, Saqib Mahmood and Luke Wood, on pinch all-rounder Liam Dawson.

Chris Woakes, who retired from world cricket past month, drops disconnected nan list.

Jonny Bairstow's two-year cardinal statement has yet travel to an end, while spinner Jack Leach besides misses retired aft falling retired of favour.

All-rounder Liam Livingstone has not played for England since nan Champions Trophy successful March and loses his deal.

Young accelerated bowlers Josh Hull, Mitchell Stanley, Eddie Jack and Tom Lawes person each been fixed improvement deals.

England two-year cardinal contracts

Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)

England one-year cardinal contracts

Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Zak Crawley (Kent), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Luke Wood (Lancashire), Mark Wood (Durham)

England improvement contracts

Josh Hull (Leicestershire), Eddie Jack (Hampshire), Tom Lawes (Surrey), Mitchell Stanley (Lancashire)