The ECB has committed additional funding to encourage England’s top cricketers of all formats to participate in the 100 in 2023 under a revised recruitment system for intensively contracted men’s players. Offers.
For the first time in 2023, The Hundred has set up his four-week exclusive English men’s international schedule from 1st August to 27th August. It started just after his fifth Ashes Test and finished three days before his 11th Limited against New Zealand and Ireland in preparation for England’s 50-over World Cup defense in his over-international first match. To do.
While we don’t expect to see hundreds of players back in the fifth Ashes Test anytime soon, the ECB wants players from all formats to be able to participate in the majority of the competition. Several multi-format players, including Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, withdrew from the 100 entirely in 2022, leaving ahead of England’s test series against South Africa and Standard suffering. ESPNcricinfo understands that around £50,000 was paid to players who signed major contracts across all formats for the three matches in 2022, with a further £5,000 paid for additional matches. £125,000 will be paid to play the full season in 2023, or the same will be prorated if part of the season is not available.
The ECB’s increased investment in England’s big names reflects Cricket Australia’s renewed attempt to bring major men’s players into the Big Bash his league. David Warner made his first Sydney Thunder appearance since 2013, signing a lucrative deal earlier this month that surpassed the BBL’s salary cap.
The revised regulations require each team to sign a single centrally signed player across all formats if the players and teams come to an agreement. The eight players who have that status and the teams who have the option to retain them are:
Jofra Archer (Southern Brave), Bairstow (Welsh Fire), Jos Buttler (Manchester Originals), Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles), Joe Root (Trent Rockets), Stokes (Northern Superchargers), Chris Woakes (Birmingham Phoenix) and Mark Wood (London Spirit).
In the unlikely event that two or more teams decide not to retain – or do not reach an agreement with – those players, a mini-draft will be held to determine which player joins which team. England’s other centrally-contracted players, including Moeen Ali, Zak Crawley, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope and Adil Rashid, will be part of the main draft mechanism, and can be retained by their teams if they reach an agreement on a salary for 2023.
Intriguingly, Buttler remains on an all-format central contract despite the fact he has not played Test cricket since the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney. Ben Foakes signed his first central contract in October and has impressed in the last year and England are not lacking for attacking middle-order batters, but Buttler’s contract status suggests that his Test career might not be over yet. The Men’s Hundred Commitment Window officially begins on January 13th and ends on February 14th at 11:59 PM. Teams can keep up to 10 players who were under contract for 2022, plus his one who was signed centrally.
The ECB has also doubled the number of ‘wildcard’ contracts from his one to his two per team. That means each team will sign his two players for £30,000 based on their group stage performances in the T20 Blast. The overall team size does not change.