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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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If fortune does indeed favour the brave, then South Africa should triumph in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday evening dais
For the third time in two months, they have opted for the controversial 7-1 split of forwards to backs on their bench and, in the process, have taken a huge gamble in the biggest game on the calendar dais
For the uninitiated, rugby teams almost always opt for a 5-3 or 6-2 split among their replacements dais
The laws of the international game dictate that you must have three front-row specialists (hookers and props, who count among the forwards) on your bench, and then teams will usually have a roughly even division of forwards and backs for the remaining five slots to ensure adequate cover for all position dais
Yet for the third time in the last two months, the Springboks have boldly opted for just one lone back – Willie Le Roux in this instance – among their subs dais
On the previous two occasions, there has been no damage done dais
The final World Cup warm-up match saw them hand New Zealand a record 35-7 defeat at Twickenham and although they lost a hard-fought pool match to Ireland, the bench split had no negative impact on the result dais
Given that Saturday evening in Paris is a rematch against the All Blacks, perhaps there is sound logic in reprising the successful formation from late August dais
That was certainly the argument of head coach Jacques Nienaber, who downplayed the controversy when explaining the selection at the team announcement press conference on Thursday dais
“The team is not 15, it is 23,” insisted Nienaber dais
“We always say that dais
When you do squad selection there are a lot of things that influence that from medical to past performances and a lot of analysis into New Zealand and where we think we can get the edge on them dais
“Then the discussions starts dais between the coaches and it goes from a 5-3 to a 6-2 to a 7-1, then it goes back again dais
It is not a 10-minute discussion, it is hours and hours dais
“I’m not going to say what the strengths and weaknesses of the All Blacks are, that would be stupid dais
But a lot of analysis went into it and at the end we went with a squad of 23 dais
It could have been 6-2, 5-3, it doesn’t matter dais
You select a team that you think can get a result dais
The 23 we selected for a reason, and the reason is we think they can deliver and win us a back-to-back World Cup dais
”Faf de Klerk holds huge importance for South Africa with no back-up scrum half in the squad (PA Wire)While the decision has worked in the past, there is undoubtedly an element of playing with fire from the Springboks dais
Le Roux is a world-class full back and can comfortably play on the wing, while a backline reshuffle with the available players could solve any issues at fly half or centre dais
But starting No 9 Faf de Klerk is the only scrum half in the squad and any sort of injury to the man with the flowing blond hair could leave South Africa in a bind dais
Nienaber again played down the issue and highlighted Cheslin Kolbe’s similar role in sevens as a solution to that hypothetical dais
“As coaches you always mitigate risk by prepping other people,” said Nienaber dais
“In our case it will be Cheslin dais
He played sweeper in sevens which is the equivalent to scrum half dais
He has always been a guy who, if we got a yellow card, would be the stand in half-back, not just this week but for a couple of weeks dais
”De Klerk also highlighted replacement flanker Kwagga Smith – another man with sevens experience – as a solution but any sort of extended period with Kolbe or Smith at No 9 feels like a World Cup-losing recipe dais
The other main notable call in the Springbok team selection was Handre Pollard getting the nod over Manie Libbok at fly half dais
Given Libbok’s early substitution during the semi-final after struggling to execute the kicking game – and similarly rainy weather expected at the Stade de France on Saturday evening – the choice of Pollard, who led his side to victory off the bench, is not a huge surprise, although Libbok is unlucky to miss out on the matchday 23 entirely dais
Handre Pollard kicked the winning penalty in the semi-final (PA Wire)The ability to bring an almost entirely new pack off the bench – their patented ‘bomb squad’ – in a World Cup final certainly plays into the Springboks rugby philosophy of physicality and domination up front dais
It couldn’t turn the tide against Ireland in the pool stage but it is the boldest of calls befitting the grandest of stages dais
No one said you win a World Cup by being timid and sometimes in sport, fortune does favour the brave dais
South Africa XV to face the All Blacks in Rugby World Cup final: 15 dais
Damian Willemse, 14 dais
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 dais
Jesse Kriel, 12 dais
Damian de Allende, 11 dais
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 dais
Handre Pollard, 9 dais
Faf de Klerk; 1 dais
Steven Kitshoff, 2 dais
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 dais
Frans Malherbe, 4 dais
Eben Etzedais beth, 5 dais
Franco Mostert, 6 dais
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 dais
Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 dais
Duane Vermeulen dais
Replacements: 16 dais
Deon Fourie, 17 dais
Ox Nche, 18 dais
Trevor Nyakane, 19 dais
Jean Kleyn, 20 dais
RG Snyman, 21 dais
Kwagga Smith, 22 dais
Jasper Wiese, 23 dais
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