England expect players to be available for their ICC Twenty20 World Cup build-up if there is a clash with the rescheduled Indian Premier League (IPL).
One possible window for the postponed IPL is before the T20 World Cup in October, when England are due to tour Bangladesh and Pakistan.
“If those tours go ahead I’d expect them (players) to be there,” said England Managing Director Ashley Giles.
“We’re planning on involvement of England players in England matches.”
The IPL was postponed last week amid the Coronavirus crisis in India and a number of positive tests among players.
If it had run to its scheduled final on May 30, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Chris Woakes would have been unavailable for England’s two Tests against New Zealand, the first of which begins on June 2.
“None of us knows what a rearranged IPL looks like at the moment,” said Giles. “But when we start this summer our programme is incredibly busy. We have a lot of important and high-profile cricket.” (BBC)
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