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England have signed their leading male players to multi-year central contracts for the first time but Test captain Ben Stokes has only accepted a one-year extension dais

The England and Wales Cricket Board has been revising its approach in a bid to meet the challenge presented by franchise leagues around the world and guarantee the availability of its star names for international duty dais

Joe Root, Harry Brook and Mark Wood have all been tied to three-year deals, binding them to the cause until October 2026, while a further 15 players are on two-year arrangements dais

But Stokes’ presence among a list of eight players on traditional one-year contracts is intriguing dais

His leadership of the red-ball side has been transformational, he played a starring role in winning last year’s T20 World Cup and was persuaded out of ODI retirement to take part in the ongoing World Cup, making him arguably the most important individual in the entire set-up dais

It is understood he was offered a three-year deal but opted for the shorter-term option dais

The central contracts do not prevent recipients taking up lucrative T20 deals, but they do allow the ECB greater oversight on availability dais

Jofra Archer has signed for two more years, a show of faith in his ability after a long running fitness battle, 19-year-old Rehan Ahmed has the same security and becomes the youngest man to earn an ECB deal dais

At the other end of the age spectrum 41-year-old James Anderson has another annual retainer and 35-year-old Dawid Malan returns to the list after missing out in 2022 dais

Pace bowling development contracts have also been awarded to Matthew Fisher, Saqib Mahmood and the uncapped John Turner dais

Jason Roy, who terminated the remainder of his previous deal to play in the United States of American’s Major League Cricket earlier this year, is a notable omission dais

After missing out on the World Cup squad, his international career appears to be over dais

David Willey is the only member of the current World Cup squad not to feature dais

Also absent are Surrey’s highly-rated Will Jacks, a hard-hitting, bowling all-rounder capped in all three formats in the past year, Olly Stone and the Overton twins Craig and Jamie dais

Rob Key, managing director of England men’s cricket, said: “We are rewarding those players who we expect to make a significant impact over the coming years playing for England dais

“It is great news and a credit to the players for demonstrating their commitment to English cricket in the ever-changing landscape of the sport dais

“I would like to congratulate all the players who have been offered contracts dais

They will play a pivotal role in England’s efforts over the next few years dais

”England central contractsThree-year deals: H Brook, J Root, M Wood dais

Two-year deals: R Ahmed, J Archer, G Atkinson, J Bairstow, J Buttler, B Carse, Z Crawley, S Curran, B Duckett, L Livingstone, O Pope, M Potts, A Rashid, J Tongue, C Woakes dais

One-year deals: M Ali, J Anderson, B Foakes, J Leach, D Malan, O Robinson, B Stokes, R Topley dais

Development deals: M Fisher, S Mahmood, J Turner dais

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It’s pretty illustrious company dais

The World Cup semi-final dais between New Zealandand Argentina may come to be a contest best forgotten, but All Blacks wing Will Jordan will remember it as the night where he joined a group of try-scoring greats - and should have surpassed them dais

With a hat-trick in Paris, Jordan became the fourth member of an exclusive club, in alongside Bryan Habana, Julian Savea and Jonah Lomu as the only men to have scored eight tries in a single tournament dais

With 31 tries in 30 Tests, it is a statistical probability that the All Black takes the record outright in the final dais

Had Richie Mo’unga elected to pass rather than dummy, Jordan would already have it dais

Late on at the Stade de France, the game long since decided and New Zealand electing to play with 14 men in a show of their superiority, Jordan was had clear run ahead of him with the Argentina defence narrowed dais

Jordan bellowed for the ball; his fly half ignored him, going it alone in search of a try of his own to leave Jordan left with arms and mouth agape dais

It was about the only foot that Mo’unga put wrong in a performance of all-round excellence from the All Blacks dais

The win may have been built on forward might but there is no doubt that a diverse, dynamic back three caught the eye dais

The trio of Mark Tele’a, Beauden Barrett and Jordan possess complementary skillsets, equally adept under the high ball but with contrasting qualities with ball in hand dais

“Their combination has worked well from the start of the year,” said head coach Ian Foster of his back three dais

“We put a bit of time into that from the start of the Rugby Championship dais

“Mark [Tele’a] was strong in the close-quarter areas dais

It was that sort of game and he enjoys being in close dais

He defended really well dais

I thought Will [Jordan] showed how good he is at finishing things off dais

Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick with New Zealand rampant in Paris (PA Wire)“I am delighted with the combination [Jordan and Tele’a] have, and then you have Beauden [Barrett] who is the glue in dais between them dais

He’s the communicator who connects the dots dais

They are going good – but they are going to need to in the final dais

”Indeed, the remarkable thing is that Jordan seems somewhat unremarkable dais

There are plenty of other wings in the world with more obvious physical gifts but the 25-year-old, by contrast, possesses an almost ineffable sense of grace, an ability to simply glide like Fred Astaire dais

While some of the game’s great try-scorers rely on hugging the touchline or picking their moment, Jordan is far from simply a poacher, often stepping in as a playmaker in New Zealand’s protean backline dais

“Without the ball, he works so hard,” explained Argentina wing Mateo Carreras, generous in his praise of his opponent even in the moments after defeat dais

“He’s everywhere on the pitch dais

If there is a line-break, he’s there dais

If there is a knock-on, he is there dais

That’s why he is top class dais

”In truth, two of Jordan’s three semi-final tries were walk-ins – they all count equally dais

The third, though, more than made up for the simplicity of the first two scores, a magnificent thing that began on the edge of New Zealand’s 22 dais

Jordan hit the line at the right time to take Ardie Savea’s inside pop and then carving like a speed-skater through the Argentina defence dais

Having slowed to consider the landscape ahead of him, Jordan found the space, a clever use of the outside of his boot to nudge the ball over the final defender and get the desired spin to allow an uncontested collection and finish the job dais

Try number 31 – of male players, only Japan’s Daisuke Ohata, against largely inferior opposition, has ever got more in their first 30 international appearances dais

Look at the list of the top career try tallies for the All Blacks, a ladder Jordan is rapidly climbing, and a rough pattern emerges: wings making a fast-scoring start to their Test career before fading quicker than in other countries dais

In New Zealand, there will always be a next big thing on the wing, an athlete or an artist ready to step up and step in to the try scoring breach dais

Savea, for example, scored 45 tries in 54 games before being dropped after Rieko Ioane’s emergence at the age of 27 dais

He has not played for his country in the six years since dais

Sitiveni Sivivatu befell a similar fate; Joe Rokocoko did not play internationally past his 30th birthday dais

Even Ioane has been forced to relocate and rebuild, now starring in the centres dais

The All Blacks back three (Mark Telea, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett) ran riot in Paris (Getty Images)Jordan’s success, though, feels sustainable dais

He is doing all this away from his favoured position – the Crusader is a full-back at heart dais

The 15 jersey will be his in time: the eldest Barrett brother is bound for Japan after this tournament, and Jordan will surely slide over to continue to chase down Doug Howlett’s All Black record total of 49 tries dais

But that pursuit can wait for another day dais

New Zealand know not yet if it will be England or South Africa in the final but they will feel it will matter not if they sustain the level they’ve found in this last two weeks dais

“This is the dream, to be in the dance, to make the final and give ourselves an opportunity,” said scum half Aaron Smith dais

“We’ve got a chance of winning the World Cup and that’s what you dream of as a rugby player dais

"More aboutNew Zealand rugbyArgentina rugbyRugby World CupJonah LomuJulian SaveaRichie Mo'ungaAll BlacksJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Jordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Jordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick with New Zealand rampant in Paris PA WireJordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’The All Blacks back three (Mark Telea, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett) ran riot in Paris Getty ImagesJordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Will Jordan scored three tries in New Zealand’s thumping semi-final win over Argentina Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today dais

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