Somerset’s Tom Banton has been rewarded for his fine form for England in the one-day games with a central contract.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the updated Central Contract list and coaching structure for England Men’s international cricket.
The expanded playing list includes 30 players on Central Contracts with a further nine players on England Development contracts for 2026/27.
The 2025/26 list included a total of 30 contracted players.
In a sign of the growing depth of England Men’s cricket the 39-strong list includes eight players who have agreed Central Contracts, who did not have such a deal for 2025/26, while six players have signed an England Development contract for the first time.
Tom Banton, Sam Cook, Jordan Cox, Henry Crocombe, Emilio Gay, Matt Fisher and Dan Lawrence have signed Central Contracts for the first time while Ollie Robinson returns to the list having previously been awarded a Central Contract in 2022 and 2023.
Fisher has previously held an England Development Contract (2023) and a Pace Bowling Contract (2022).
Sonny Baker is upgraded to a two-year contract while Cox and Crocombe’s first Central Contracts are also for two years.
There are a total of 11 players on two-year contracts.
Thomas Rew, James Coles, Mason Crane, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White and Mattthew Revis have signed their first England Development contracts.
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