Inside England's Test team shake-up: How ECB got the money for nine more central contracts, why Ollie Pope and Shoaib Bashir are still in the picture while Ben Duckett only gets a year - and the new faces behind the scenes

England have bumped up the number of players on central contracts from 30 to 39, providing the ECB with control over their stars across a two-year cycle that includes a home Ashes series and a one-day World Cup. England have also formalised the make-up of the backroom teams following a return to split coaching under Test boss Stephen Fleming and white-ball leader Brendon McCullum. The short answer is from within, as the size of the pot for central contracts has not materially changed, just risen to match inflation.