Cricket Australia announced contract players list for 2020-21

Cricket Australia (CA) have revealed the list of men’s and women’s national cricketers who have featured in the central contract players list for upcoming season 2020-21. As per CA release, 20 men’s and 15 women’s cricketers have been allotted contracts based on their performances in the last season.

The list of players is prepared by keeping the fact in mind that which players will represent and play for national team in the upcoming year.

“There is a lot of cricket on the horizon across all three forms of the game including an ICC T20 World Cup, home Test summer against India, One-Day matches and a tour of South Africa. For that reason, it’s important to find a strong balance and a list which covers all forms of the game,” Australia men’s national team selector Trevor Hohns said as quoted by CA.

Men’s & Women’s Contracted Players List 2020-21

S. NO.	Men’s Cricketers	Women’s Cricketers
1	Aaron Finch	Nicola Carey
2	Alex Carey	Meg Lanning
3	Ashton Agar	Ashleigh Gardner
4	Adam Zampa	Beth Mooney
5	Steve Smith	Jess Jonassen
6	Marnus Labuschagne	Annabel Sutherland
7	Josh Hazlewood	Tahlia McGrath
8	Mitchell Starc	Delissa Kimmince
9	Mitchell Marsh	Georgia Wareham
10	David Warner	Megan Schutt
11	Joe Burns	Sophie Molineux
12	Glenn Maxwell	Ellyse Perry
13	Travis Head	Alyssa Healy
14	Tim Paine	Rachael Haynes
15	Kane Richardson	Tayla Vlaeminck
16	Pat Cummins
17	Matthew Wade
18	James Pattinson
19	Jhye Richardson
20	Nathan Lyon

Usman Khawaja is the notable miss in the men’s list for Australian contract meanwhile Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade are included. However cricket is not resumed yet and all tours and events are suspended amid coronavirus pandemic. You can follow cricket betting sites once covid-19 ends.

Though players who are not part of 20-men’s squad and 15-women’s roster, can get in the list by attaining 12 upgrade points which will be given on the basis of performance in matches test (5 points), ODI (2 points) and T20I (1 point).