Surrey’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley & Ryana MacDonald-Gay have been awarded ECB contracts for 2025
Seam bowler Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been named as one of three players to be awarded a development contract. Ryana is in the squad for Sunday’s Test match against South Africa. The development contracts have been awarded to players the England Women’s management team feel will play a pivotal role for the team in the future, enabling the ECB to support them further over the next 12 months.
Wyatt-Hodge, who joined the club last month, has been given a two-year central contract – with Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley being awarded a one-year-contract.
Managing Director of England Women’s Cricket, Clare Connor said: “As ever, we have awarded central contracts to the players we feel will play a significant role for England in the foreseeable future.
“Ryana MacDonald-Gay has had an outstanding year, and the development contract affords her the opportunity to continue to push her claim for selection. We look forward to working with all three players on development contracts and their Counties to ensure they continue their development.
“We have another significant period of cricket ahead and we believe this group of players have the skills to be successful in all conditions and formats which will be essential as we look forward to a two-year period that includes the Women’s Ashes in early 2025, multiple bilateral series, the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in India, and a home ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the summer of 2026.
“This is another landmark year in terms of increased remuneration for England Women. We have been able to make another significant increase in the value of central contracts on the back of last year’s equalisation of men’s and women’s international match fees across all formats. We continue to work positively with the England Women’s Player Partnership (EWPP) and the PCA and are grateful for both their support and challenge in these matters.”
England Women: Two-year central contracts
Lauren Bell (Hampshire)
Charlie Dean (Somerset)
Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire)
Amy Jones (The Blaze)
Heather Knight (Somerset)
Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)
Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Surrey)
England Women: One-year central contracts
Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze)
Maia Bouchier (Hampshire)
Alice Capsey (Surrey)
Kate Cross (Lancashire)
Sophia Dunkley (Surrey)
Lauren Filer (Durham)
Mahika Gaur (Lancashire)
Danielle Gibson (Somerset)
Sarah Glenn (The Blaze)
Freya Kemp (Hampshire)
England Women: Skills / development contracts
Bess Heath (Durham)
Ryana MacDonald-Gay (Surrey)
Issy Wong (Warwickshire)
