The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the updated Central Contract list and coaching structure for England Men’s international cricket, with four Yorkshire players awarded contracts for 2026/2027.
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.
Joe Root and Harry Brook, Test and White Ball captains respectively, have been awarded a two year central contract, whilst Adil Rashid has signed a one year deal.
England Men Centrally Contracted Players
Joe Root* (Yorkshire)
Harry Brook* (Yorkshire)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Jofra Archer* (Sussex)
Gus Atkinson* (Surrey)
Sonny Baker* (Hampshire)
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire)
Jacob Bethell* (Warwickshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Jordan Cox* (Essex)
Henry Crocombe* (Sussex/Surrey)
Sam Curran* (Surrey)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Emilio Gay (Durham)
Matthew Fisher (Surrey)
Will Jacks* (Surrey)
Dan Lawrence (Surrey)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Jamie Overton (Surrey)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Phil Salt (Lancashire)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Josh Tongue* (Nottinghamshire)
*Denotes two-year deal through until 30 September 2028
England Men Development Contracted Players 2026–27
James Coles (Sussex)
Mason Crane (Glamorgan)
Josh Hull (Leicestershire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Ben McKinney (Durham)
Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Matthew Revis (Yorkshire)
Mitch Stanley (Lancashire)
Matthew Revis’ contract is his first with the ECB and caps off a memorable season for the all-rounder, who took 17 first class wickets and scored 519 runs across the course of 2026.
He scored 273 runs across the T20 Blast competition, taking seven wickets. In the Metro Bank One Day Cup, he was prolific with the bat, averaging 78 across his five games. Revis also had a maiden call up for the Hundred, where he played for Sunrisers Leeds.
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.
James Coles, Mason Crane, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, Thomas Rew and Yorkshire’s Revis have signed their first England Development contracts.
