TRIO QUIT IPL AMID TEST ROW

Bairstow, Woakes and Malan rue heavy winter scheduleBy Chris Stocks

Bags packed: England captain Joe Root leaves Old Trafford after the decisive fifth Test with India was cancelled just 90 minutes before its scheduled startJONNY Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan withdrew from the Indian Premier League as India’s players started arriving in the UAE for the tournament just 24 hours after the Old Trafford Test was cancelled.It is understood the three England stars have decided against taking part in the IPL in the face of a winter that is likely to see them play in both t...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login