England wicketkeeper and batsman Jonny Bairstow has lost his Test central contract for the coming year, but Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley have been added to the red-ball retainer list.
The news will sting Bairstow's wallet and ego, but it is not an unexpected move by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), with the 31-year-old playing just one of the last 12 Test matches since the 2019 summer Ashes.
Instead the World Cup winner has been handed a specialist limited-overs deal, with Pope, Crawley and Sibley all promoted after breakthroughs over the past year.
Fast bowler Mark Wood, thought to be a key part of England's plans to regain the Ashes, has also been named in the white-ball only list. There are a dozen names in each group, with just five – Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes – appearing in both.
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