{"id":291907,"date":"2023-10-24T23:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291907"},"modified":"2023-10-24T23:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T23:24:42","slug":"ben-stokes-turns-down-ecb-offer-of-three-year-central-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/%d1%81ricket\/ben-stokes-turns-down-ecb-offer-of-three-year-central-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes turns down ECB offer of three-year central contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ben Stokes turns down ECB offer of three-year central contract, joining Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer in rejecting fixed annual payment in favour of &#8216;stronger negotiating position&#8217; when his current deal expires<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Ben Stokes has turned down an ECB offer of a three-year central contract<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He joins Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer in rejecting the fixed payment deals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Stokes believes he will be in a &#8216;stronger negotiating position&#8217; when 1-yr deal ends<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Stokes has turned down the ECB&#8217;s offer of a three-year central contract, believing he will be in a &#8216;stronger negotiating position&#8217; when his one-year deal expires in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>With the board offering multi-year deals for the first time in a bid to keep T20 franchises at bay, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer also rejected three-year deals &#8211; leaving Harry Brook, Joe Root and Mark Wood as the only players to accept the biggest offer on the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But while they have agreed to a fixed annual payment, Stokes has calculated that more money will be on offer once the ECB have renegotiated their broadcast deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ben feels he&#8217;s probably got a stronger negotiating position going into next year,&#8217; said Rob Key, the ECB&#8217;s managing director of men&#8217;s cricket. &#8216;It is the same with every sports person: you might have more power if you have a good year to negotiate what you want.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But he&#8217;s 100 per cent committed to England.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76955927-0-image-a-34_1698181972870.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Stokes has turned down the offer of a three-year central contract with the ECB<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76956099-0-image-a-35_1698182008108.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Managing director of men&#8217;s cricket, Rob Key, said Stokes is &#8216;still 100% committed to England&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/22\/76956119-0-image-a-36_1698182060806.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Key thinks England have &#8216;overthought&#8217; their tactics in a disastrous start to their World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Key believes England have &#8216;overthought&#8217; their tactics during a disastrous start to their World Cup defence in India.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They now need to win all five remaining group matches to stand any chance of reaching the semi-finals, starting with Sri Lanka on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We haven&#8217;t always made the best decisions, and I count myself at the top of the list,&#8217; said Key.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve overthought conditions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12668197\/Ben-Stokes-ECB-offer-three-year-central-contract-Jos-Buttler-Jofra-Archer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Stokes turns down ECB offer of three-year central contract, joining Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer in rejecting fixed annual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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