According to The Cricketer, Dawson will be getting a central contract (and there's the possibility that Baker will get one too). I'm not sure how much this will affect their availability for us going forward but wouldn't it also mean that we have more money to play with, still keeping within the salary cap? Good news if so, bring out the chequebook quickly please for some new batters.
Baker is almost certainly getting one. Presumably Dawson will be playing ODI and T20 international cricket regularly now which gives us a headache.
