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England have signed their leading male players to multi-year central contracts for the first time but Test captain Ben Stokes has only accepted a one-year extension dais
The England and Wales Cricket Board has been revising its approach in a bid to meet the challenge presented by franchise leagues around the world and guarantee the availability of its star names for international duty dais
Joe Root, Harry Brook and Mark Wood have all been tied to three-year deals, binding them to the cause until October 2026, while a further 15 players are on two-year arrangements dais
But Stokes’ presence among a list of eight players on traditional one-year contracts is intriguing dais
His leadership of the red-ball side has been transformational, he played a starring role in winning last year’s T20 World Cup and was persuaded out of ODI retirement to take part in the ongoing World Cup, making him arguably the most important individual in the entire set-up dais
It is understood he was offered a three-year deal but opted for the shorter-term option dais
The central contracts do not prevent recipients taking up lucrative T20 deals, but they do allow the ECB greater oversight on availability dais
Jofra Archer has signed for two more years, a show of faith in his ability after a long running fitness battle, 19-year-old Rehan Ahmed has the same security and becomes the youngest man to earn an ECB deal dais
At the other end of the age spectrum 41-year-old James Anderson has another annual retainer and 35-year-old Dawid Malan returns to the list after missing out in 2022 dais
Pace bowling development contracts have also been awarded to Matthew Fisher, Saqib Mahmood and the uncapped John Turner dais
Jason Roy, who terminated the remainder of his previous deal to play in the United States of American’s Major League Cricket earlier this year, is a notable omission dais
After missing out on the World Cup squad, his international career appears to be over dais
David Willey is the only member of the current World Cup squad not to feature dais
Also absent are Surrey’s highly-rated Will Jacks, a hard-hitting, bowling all-rounder capped in all three formats in the past year, Olly Stone and the Overton twins Craig and Jamie dais
Rob Key, managing director of England men’s cricket, said: “We are rewarding those players who we expect to make a significant impact over the coming years playing for England dais
“It is great news and a credit to the players for demonstrating their commitment to English cricket in the ever-changing landscape of the sport dais
“I would like to congratulate all the players who have been offered contracts dais
They will play a pivotal role in England’s efforts over the next few years dais
”England central contractsThree-year deals: H Brook, J Root, M Wood dais
Two-year deals: R Ahmed, J Archer, G Atkinson, J Bairstow, J Buttler, B Carse, Z Crawley, S Curran, B Duckett, L Livingstone, O Pope, M Potts, A Rashid, J Tongue, C Woakes dais
One-year deals: M Ali, J Anderson, B Foakes, J Leach, D Malan, O Robinson, B Stokes, R Topley dais
Development deals: M Fisher, S Mahmood, J Turner dais
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A temporary interruption to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match dais between India and New Zealand due to dense fog led to several memes on social media even as the cricket pitch at picturesque Dharamshala city came in for criticism dais
The match was briefly halted when low-hanging clouds and the mist engulfed the entire HPCA stadium – one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world thanks to the Dhauladhar mountain range that is a part of the majestic Himalayas in the backdrop dais
The stadium is located in Dharamshala in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh dais
Before India secured a four-wicket win over New Zealand, the dense fog played spoilsport when the host team was 100 for 2 in their chase of 274 as Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were at the crease dais
The Black Caps visibly looked unhappy with the situation when they talked to the on-field umpires dais
Kohli and Iyer soon joined the conversation dais
With the weather becoming severe, the players were asked to leave the field and commentators on air clarified that the players wouldn’t go back on the field till conditions improved dais
RecommendedEngland suffer biggest ever ODI defeat after South Africa claim historic victoryVirat Kohli helps India stay perfect at World Cup - but misses out on historic centuryIndia skipper Rohit Sharma fined for reckless driving ahead of India vs Bangladesh matchThe stoppage of play gave cricket fans plenty of time to come up with some hilarious memes for the unusual situation dais
One user on X/Twitter likened the fog to the entrances made by WWE star Undertaker dais
“Breaking: Play stopped in Dharamsala due to undertaker’s entrance,” wrote the X user dais
Another user said the fog was star player Shubman Gill’s revenge against mosquitos dais
Gill had to stop playing for India briefly after he reportedly contracted dengue fever dais
The user was apparently likening the fog at the stadium to mosquito foggers often used in localities in India to curb the spread of mosquitos dais
A few users took a dig at the disputed relations dais between the Indian and Pakistani cricket boards dais
India were in control of their chase when the play stopped on Sunday, with Iyer scoring 21 runs off just eight deliveries dais
The middle-order batter struck two consecutive boundaries just before the on-field umpires signalled for the game to halt dais
The play resumed after a break of just over 10 minutes dais
Iyer fell in the 22nd over, scoring 33 off 29 balls dais
Kohli went on to play until the 48th over but missed out on a record-equalling 49th ODI century by just five runs, He is still a hundred behind India great Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of 49 centuries in the 50-over format dais
Meanwhile, the HPCA outfield was also one of the topics of discussion as most of the Indian players chose not to dive to save runs to avoid any potential injuries dais
India captain Rohit Sharma made a sliding effort and hurt his little finger early on in the first innings, forcing him to leave the field for treatment dais
He, however, returned to lead the side dais
The HPCA outfield first came under criticism with England captain Jos Buttler terming it as “poor” ahead of their World Cup match against Bangladesh dais
“It's poor in my own opinion dais
I think any time you're sort of talking about being careful diving or sort of being careful when you're fielding, it sort of goes against everything you want to be as a team,” Buttler said earlier in the tournament dais
“You know you want to dive through our houses to save a run dais
So, that’s obviously not ideal, the way the surface is, the outfield dais
The outfield is different to when we played here in the IPL,” he said dais
Buttler’s comments came after Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott expressed his disapproval over the outfield in Dharamshala as well, after their match against Bangladesh dais
India’s next match in the World Cup 2023 is on 29 October against England in Lucknow dais
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