Kent's Zak Crawley has been awarded an England central contract for the first time.

Crawley announced himself on the international stage by scoring 267 against Pakistan in the third Test at Southampton in August.

The 22-year-old is one of three players who will receive a Test central contract for the first time, along with Surrey's Ollie Pope and Warwickshire's Dom Sibley.

However, Joe Denly misses out on a white ball central contract after a stop-start summer which saw him left out of the Test squad before injury saw him replaced in the one-day team by county colleague Sam Billings.

The Kent trio will all play for the county on Thursday in the T20 quarter-final at Surrey as they aim to reach finals day on October 3. Read our preview with Kent head coach Matt Walker here .

Test Central Contracts: James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

White Ball Central Contracts: Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Increment Contracts: Dom Bess (Somerset), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Jack Leach (Somerset).

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