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Heather, Charlie and Dani awarded central contracts
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 central 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)
England Women: One-year central contracts
Danielle Gibson (Somerset)
Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Maia Bouchier (Hampshire)
Alice Capsey (Surrey)
Kate Cross (Lancashire)
Sophia Dunkley (Surrey)
Lauren Filer (Durham)
Mahika Gaur (Lancashire)
Sarah Glenn (The Blaze)
Freya Kemp (Hampshire)
England Women: Skills / development contracts
Bess Heath (Durham)
Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surrey)
Issy Wong (Warwickshire)
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 are delighted that Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer have transitioned on to full contracts, having been part of our group over the past year.
“Ryana MacDonald-Gay has had an outstanding year, and the development contract affords her the opportunity to continue to push her claim for selection. We look forward to working with all three players on development contracts and their Counties to ensure they continue their development.
“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.
“This is another landmark year in terms of increased remuneration for England Women. We have been able to make another significant increase in the value of central contracts on the back of last year’s equalisation of men’s and women’s international match fees across all formats. We continue to work positively with the England Women’s Player Partnership (EWPP) and the PCA and are grateful for both their support and challenge in these matters.”
England Women’s Player Partnership Management Board Member, Emma Reid, said: “EWPP and the PCA are really encouraged at the progression of standards within the Women’s Central Contracts, achieved through strong collaboration between the ECB and player representatives.
“It is positive to see multi-year agreements, showing long term commitment from the ECB and also the players who continue to prioritise representing their country.
“We are pleased to have worked with the ECB and the players to achieve the priorities of being well supported in their England careers.”
See England Women in action in Taunton and win a signed England shirt
International cricket returns to the Cooper Associates County Ground in June and not only could you be watching the game you could also win a shirt signed by the England Women’s squad!
England Women take on the West Indies at Taunton in the third Metro Bank ODI on Saturday June 7th and if you get your tickets before the end of 2024 you will be entered into a free draw to win that signed England shirt.
To stand a chance of winning, simply buy your match tickets before 11:59pm on December 31st. Anyone who has already purchased tickets will be entered into the draw.
TICKET PRICES
The early bird ticket prices are outlined below.
These prices will rise on March 12th, 2025.
GROUP TICKET OFFER
We have introduced a special Group Ticket Offer for this amazing fixture.
Ticket buyers will get a 10% discount on any purchases of more than 10 tickets on Category C seating, so get you friends together and buy now!
FAMILY TICKET OFFER
To encourage as many people as possible to attend this fixture we have also introduced a special Family Ticket.
This enables two under 16s to come and see the game for free with two paying adults (Category C seating).
Already got your ODI tickets? Upgrade to Somerset Women Membership from as little as £10
If you love women’s cricket then Somerset CCC is the place to be in 2025.
In addition to June’s WODI, 2025 will see a professional Somerset Women’s team take to the field for the first time.
If you’ve already got your tickets for June’s ODI at Taunton, why not upgrade to Somerset Women Membership?
We will take the cost of a Category C ticket off the price of your Membership, so you could get all of the below from as little as just £30 for adults, £15 for students and £10 for juniors:
- Entry to all home group stage matches in the Women’s Metro Bank One Day Cup
- Entry to all stand-alone home matches in the Women’s Vitality Blast
- Entry to Women’s T20 County Finals Day at the Cooper Associates County Ground
- Selected other Women’s fixtures at the Cooper Associates County Ground
- 10% matchday discount on SCCC owned food and drink concessions
- 4 x Metro Bank One Day Cup women’s competition 50 over guest passes
- 4 x Vitality Blast women’s competition stand-alone guest passes
- 25% off Vitality Blast Double Header tickets (1 per Member per match)
- Exclusive early adopter pin badge
- Opportunity to upgrade to a premium facility
