NatWest T20 Blast: Bairstow, Root, Moeen, Woakes, Ball freed by England
Tuesday 31 May 2016 17:17, UK
Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes and Jake Ball have been freed by England to play in this week's NatWest T20 Blast fixtures.
Bairstow and Root have been made available to play for Yorkshire Vikings in their Roses showdown with Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford on Friday, live on Sky Sports 2 from 6pm.
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Woakes, who replaced the injured Ben Stokes for the second Test against Sri Lanka, is permitted to play for Bimingham Bears against Durham Jets at Edgbaston on the same day.
Moeen, fresh from a Test best 155 not out against Sri Lanka in Durham, is also set to play for Worcestershire Rapids at Northamptonshire Steelbacks, with Ball eligible for Nottinghamshire Outlaws' encounters with Durham (Wednesday) and Lancashire (Saturday).
England have also allowed Ball to figure in Notts' opening Royal London One-Day Cup match against Northants next Monday before he joins up with the squad ahead of the third Test at Lord's on Thursday, June 9.
Alastair Cook's side have wrapped up the Investec Test series against Sri Lanka with a game to play, with a nine-wicket victory in Durham coming off the back of an innings and 88-run triumph at Headingley.
