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After Williamson, these two veterans also suddenly left the New Zealand team, refused to take the central contract
New Zealand Central Contract: After Kane Williamson, Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult have also decided to keep themselves away from the New Zealand Cricket Board's central contract for the year 2024-25.
After the shameful performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, the New Zealand team is getting one setback after another. On the one hand, the team captain and veteran batsman Kane Williamson resigned from the captaincy and rejected the New Zealand Cricket Board's central contract. At the same time, after him, two other players have also separated themselves from the team and decided not to take the central contract.
Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson and veteran pacer Trent Boult, who recently wrought havoc against Papua New Guinea, have also elected to opt out of the New Zealand Cricket Board's central contract for the 2024-25 season. If these players do not sign the central contract, they will be ineligible for selection in any bilateral series or tournament.
The central contract of New Zealand Cricket requires players to remain committed to playing domestic Super Smash tournament (T20 competition) in addition to international cricket, however, Bolt-Neesham, Williamson, and Ferguson did not want this.
