Inside England's Test team shake-up: How ECB got the money for nine more central contracts, why Ollie Pope and Shoaib Bashir are still in the picture while Ben Duckett only gets a year - and the new faces behind the scenes

Daily Mail - Oct 12, 2026

RICHARD GIBSON: Daily Mail Sport analyses the key questions behind England's increase in central contracts and the new make-up of the Test and white-ball backroom teams.

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