The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the updated England Women’s Central Contract list.

Somerset’s Heather Knight and Charlie Dean are named on the list of seven players given two-year contracts and Dani Gibson is included in the list of 10 players receiving one-year contracts.

Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer have moved on to full central contracts after being on development contracts last year.

Additionally, three England development contracts have been awarded to players the England Women’s management team feel will play a pivotal role for the team in the future, enabling the ECB to support them further over the next 12 months. Seamer Ryana MacDonald-Gay, who made her ODI and IT20 debuts for England against Ireland earlier this year and has been selected in England’s Test squad on the current tour of South Africa, is among the trio.

England women: Two year contracts

Heather Knight (Somerset)
Charlie Dean (Somerset)
Lauren Bell (Hampshire)
Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire)
Amy Jones (The Blaze)
Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)
Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey)

Managing Director of England Women’s Cricket, Clare Connor said: “As ever, we have awarded central contracts to the players we feel will play a significant role for England in the foreseeable future.

“We have another significant period of cricket ahead and we believe this group of players have the skills to be successful in all conditions and formats which will be essential as we look forward to a two-year period that includes the Women’s Ashes in early 2025, multiple bilateral series, the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in India, and a home ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the summer of 2026."