ECB contract system favours Test players: Dawid Malan

Malan dropped from a full deal to an incremental one in the ECB’s new set of central contracts announced on Tuesday.

Published : Oct 13, 2022 12:52 IST

Dawid Malan plays a shot during the second cricket match of the Twenty20 series between Australia and England.
Dawid Malan plays a shot during the second cricket match of the Twenty20 series between Australia and England. | Photo Credit: DAVID GRAY
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Dawid Malan plays a shot during the second cricket match of the Twenty20 series between Australia and England. | Photo Credit: DAVID GRAY

England batter Dawid Malan said the board’s (ECB) system for awarding central contracts favours Test players and that he has already spoken to managing director Rob Key about getting improved recognition for limited-overs cricket.

Malan dropped from a full deal to an incremental one in the ECB’s new set of central contracts announced on Tuesday. The increment contracts recognise players who may feature for England on a less predictable basis.

“It’s a slightly strange system,” said Malan, who scored 82 from 49 balls as England beat Australia by eight runs in its T20I match on Wednesday.

“It seems heavily led towards red-ball cricket. Ultimately it puts you in tough situations if you’re not contracted because you’re losing finances you’d get if you were playing in (franchise) tournaments.”

Chris Jordan, who previously had an increment deal, was not awarded a contract of any kind despite being England’s leading wicket-taker of all time in men’s Twenty20 Internationals.

Jordan and Malan are part of the England squad taking on Australia in a three-match series in the build-up to the T20 World Cup.

“You have players here who have been leading wicket-takers for England that don’t have a contract, but those are decisions that I don’t make,” said Malan. “As players, we’d like to be rewarded for our performances for England.”

England begins its World Cup campaign against Afghanistan in Perth on October 22.

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