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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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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin dais
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century dais
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting dais
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore dais
Verstappen joins Hamilton (103 wins), Michael Schumacher (91), Sebastian Vettel (53) and Alain Prost (51) in the half-century club dais
“To win my 50th career win makes me very proud and we will try to push for me,” said Verstappen dais
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win dais
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops dais
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far dais
He crossed the line an agonising 2 dais
2 sec behind Verstappen with Norris hanging on to the final spot on the podium dais
Hamilton could count himself unfortunate to drop from third to fourth at the start dais
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through dais
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume top spot dais
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars dais
First up was Sainz dais
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard dais
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz another place when he made his move at the same corner dais
Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second dais
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road dais
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress dais
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque dais
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four dais
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails dais
The Duke of Sussex has been something of lucky charm for Hamilton dais
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio dais
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round dais
But Hamilton stayed out dais
Were Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced dais
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man dais
It is pretty tough dais
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped dais
“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton dais
“I am struggling out here dais
”You have given me a hell of a gap to closeLewis Hamilton on the team radioOn lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second dais
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen dais
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection dais
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 dais
4 sec with Hamilton 7 dais
5 off the lead dais
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end dais
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations dais
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said dais
On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 dais
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick dais
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last dais
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots dais
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris dais
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound dais
Hamilton had the bit dais between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren dais
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained dais better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes dais
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps dais
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes dais
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