THERE was mixed news for Durham paceman Mark Wood yesterday, when his central contract was renewed but he was ruled out of the Bangladesh tour.

James Anderson will also miss the tour because he needs more time to ensure full healing of a stress fracture in his right shoulder.

Wood is still suffering some pain in his left ankle, on which he had two operations last winter.

After starring on NatWest T20 Blast finals day, he played in the one-day series against Pakistan then appeared in Durham's penultimate championship match at home to Surrey. But he was withdrawn from the final game in Hampshire.

Wood was named in both squads for the tour, but will miss the three one-dayers starting on October 7 in Dhaka and the two Tests later in the month.

Both players will be reviewed by the ECB’s medical team on a regular basis. Steven Finn is added to the ODI squad and Nottinghamshire’s Jake Ball to the Test squad.

Although it does not extend to one-day cricket, Wood's central contract is a relief to Durham as they do not have to pay any of his salary.

Under a new system the selectors have awarded ten Test contracts and 11 white-ball contracts. Yorkshire's Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid and David Willey are among those on white-ball contracts, who will receive their supplement on top of their county salary.

Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are on both contracts, along with Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali.

Bairstow has been rewarded for an outstanding summer. Yorkshire's 27-year-old wicketkeeper was England’s leading batsman across the seven Tests against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, scoring 753 runs at an average of 75.30, with two centuries and four fifties in his 11 innings.

The only specialist batsmen to be awarded Test contracts are Root and Alastair Cook, with Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance receiving an increment contract.

Others awarded white-ball contracts are: Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Jason Roy (Surrey).

Durham are bracing themselves for a points deduction ahead of next season as the England and Wales Cricket Board seem determined to punish them for requiring financial support.

Durham knew nothing of a threat to relegate them until they read it in The Times this week, but as they finished 45 points ahead of Hampshire the punishment would seem far too harsh.

It is more likely that they will start next season with a deficit considerably bigger than the minus 2.5 with which they went into the 2013 campaign, when they won the title.

That was after they owned up to exceeding the salary cap, which contributed to their financial dilemma.

They have since become the lowest payers in division one, but the struggle to meet interest payments on their £6.5m loans continues.

It is within the ECB's power to impose sanctions if a county suffers insolvency, but Durham have worked hard to ensure that hasn't happened.

They are not the only ones in difficulties, largely because the creation of nine Test grounds has encouraged counties to overspend in updating their facilities in the scramble to attract international cricket.

The creation of the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff landed Glamorgan in deep trouble and they had £6m of debt written off by their local authority.

Durham chairman Clive Leach is retiring following his 12-year reign and the ECB are going to have a big say in appointing his successor.

Durham would have become insolvent without ECB help in matters such as re-scheduling the £923,000 staging fee for the Sri Lanka Test last May. But other counties have had similar assistance from the board, who have huge funds set aside.