Out-of-form spinner Monty Panesar and Ian Bell are among the six English cricketers, who are set to take off the list of England's centrally-contracted players when the new deals are announced in the next 15 days.
Out-of-form spinner Monty Panesar and Ian Bell are among the six English cricketers, who are set to take off the list of England's centrally-contracted players when the new deals are announced in the next 15 days.
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According to a report The Daily Telegraph, Ryan Sidebottom and Stephen Harmison, who is considering retirement, could also be taken off the centrally-contracted players' list.
"As many as half of England's centrally contracted players could miss out when the next wave of year-long deals is announced," the newspaper reported.
Left-arm spinner Monty has been on decline for the past few months and was not played in the recently-concluded Ashes series against Australia.
Among those who are likely to make the grade are Andrew Strauss, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood.
Talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has retired from Test cricket, would be given incentives reserved for one-day players.
"Matt Prior and Graeme Swann could be upgraded from increment to full contracts for the first time, having featured respectively in 13 and 12 of England ' 14 Tests during the past 12 months," the newspaper said.
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