St John’s (Antigua), May 5 : Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday announced annual central contracts for their senior national men’s team for the 2021-2022 season.
A total of 18 players have offered contracts for the upcoming 2021-22 season which runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, stars of West Indies’ famous Test series win in Bangladesh earlier this year, are among four players to receive first-time central contracts from Cricket West Indies.
Also included in the red-ball retainer list is keeper-batsman Joshua Da Silva while left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein has been given a white-ball contract.
Jason Holder is the only cricketer to be handed an all-format contract while all-rounder Roston Chase, who held an all-format contract last season, has lost his.
Big names including Shimron Hetmyer, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Shane Dowrich and Shamarh Brooks have been dropped from the retainer contracts following diminishing returns in the period of evaluation: April 1 2020 to April 1 2021.
”The evaluation period for the 2021-22 contracts covered performances and statistics from April 1, 2020 to April 1, 2021 (this was also supported by statistics from the previous 2019-2020 evaluation period). This allows for all players to be appraised immediately after the evaluation period and provides a notice period before new contracts on the July 1, 2021,” the CWI said in a statement.
However, all players who are no longer on International retainer contracts will be offered an A* grade Regional Franchise Contract for the following year.
“I am happy for all the players who have been offered retainer contracts for the upcoming period. Especially pleasing was the number of players who were awarded first time contracts in recognition of their performances during the period under review,” said Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams.
“I know that the eleven players who have lost their International retainers will be striving and fighting hard to get back into the teams and earn their central contracts back next year. These players, along with our T20 specialists, will ensure that we have genuine competition for places that will push everyone to attain higher standards of performance,” he added.
West Indies Men Retainer Contracts 2021-22
All-Format Contracts: Jason Holder
Red Ball Contracts: Kraigg Brathwaite, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Kyle Mayers, Kemar Roach
White Ball Contracts: Kieron Pollard, Fabien Allen, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Alzarri Joseph, Nicholas Pooran, Hayden Walsh Jr.
Players who have lost international contracts for 2021-22
All Format Contracts: Roston Chase
Red Ball Contracts: Shamarh Brooks, Shane Dowrich
White Ball Contracts: Sunil Ambris, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Oshane Thomas(UNI)