NSW seven earn CA contracts

Australian men’s Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins leads this list of Blues players and is joined by Sean Abbott, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa.

All seven players have retained their contracts from the 2023/24 season.

Another NSW stalwart, David Warner, has announced his retirement from international cricket following the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

New to the contracted list are Victoria’s Matt Short (upgrade retained), Western Australia’s Aaron Hardie (upgrade retained), Tasmanian Nathan Ellis (upgrade retained) and Queensland’s Xavier Bartlett. Ellis played his junior cricket in NSW before moving south to Tasmania.

Marcus Stoinis, Marcus Harris, Michael Neser and Ashton Agar were not offered full-time contracts although have the opportunity to secure an upgrade through the points system if selected. Eight contract upgrades were secured in 2023-24.

The MOU between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketer’s Association states between 20 and 24 male players are eligible to be contracted.

Cricket Australia contracted men’s players 2024-25:

Sean Abbott (NSW/Parramatta District Cricket Club)
Xavier Bartlett (QLD/Gold Coast Cricket Club)
Scott Boland (VIC/Frankston Peninsula Cricket Club)
Alex Carey (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club)
Pat Cummins (NSW/Penrith Cricket Club)
Nathan Ellis ((TAS/Lindisfarne Cricket Club)
Cameron Green (WA/Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club)
Aaron Hardie (WA/Willetton Cricket Club)
Josh Hazlewood (NSW/St George District Cricket Club)
Travis Head (SA/Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club)
Josh Inglis (WA/Joondalup Cricket Club)
Usman Khawaja (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club)
Marnus Labuschagne (QLD/Redlands Cricket Club)
Nathan Lyon (NSW/Northern District Cricket Club)
Mitchell Marsh (WA/Fremantle Cricket Club)
Glenn Maxwell (VIC/Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club) 
Lance Morris (WA/Scarborough Cricket Club)
Todd Murphy (VIC/St Kilda Cricket Club)
Jhye Richardson (WA/Fremantle Cricket Club)
Matt Short ((VIC/Northcote Cricket Club)
Steve Smith (NSW/Sutherland District Cricket Club)
Mitchell Starc (NSW/Manly Warringah District Cricket Club)
Adam Zampa (NSW/Sutherland District Cricket Club)