England opener Jason Roy is reportedly set to lose his central contract, with the 32-year-old in line to be downgraded to an increment deal after being dropped for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Roy was axed after a terrible run of form, having scored just 76 runs from 98 balls in six T20Is for England this summer before managing just 51 runs off 51 balls in six innings for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred.
And the Telegraph are reporting that Roy will 'drop from a full deal to an increment contract' as a result of him losing his place in England's T20I side. However, Managing Director of England Men's cricket Rob Key did say he expects Roy to remain a key part of England's ODI plans ahead of their World Cup defence next year in India.
"It's just a case of him finding form, and I'm sure he will have plenty of opportunities in the abundance of T20 cricket that there is around the world to find that form again," Key said after announcing Roy had been dropped.
"I would argue that the 50-over format is his strongest suit and we still see him as very much part of this setup. But, given his white-ball summer and then The Hundred, we feel it's too much of a gamble to continue going into Pakistan and straight into Australia."
The report also states that Dawid Malan will drop to an increment deal, having been dropped from the Test team following the Ashes and only being first-choice in T20Is. Rory Burns will also lose his central contract altogether, having not played for England since the Ashes.
Ben Foakes, however, is set to be handed a central contract after establishing himself as England's first-choice wicketkeeper in Test cricket. And the ECB are also planning to hand out more pace-bowling development contracts, having awarded three last year.
The report states that Saqib Mahmood, Olly Stone and Craig Overton have all retained theirs, while Jamie Overton, Matthew Fisher and Brydon Carse have also been handed deals after featuring for England over the past year.
Andrew Strauss' high-performance review did include a proposal to "evolve central contracts" with "higher allocation to multi-format players, multi-year deals" and "match fees to cover higher percentage for red and white-ball specialists", but it has been confirmed that no changes will be made to central contracts for at least a year.
