Published: Sep 05, 2016, 08:42 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 05, 2016, 08:42 PM (IST)
London: Yorkshire will be without England stars Joe Root and Jonathan Bairstow for the remainder of their bid to win a third straight County Championship title, the club announced Monday. It appears the England management have decreed that star batsman Root and wicket-keeper Bairstow, who both featured in the recent 4-1 one-day international series win over Pakistan, be rested ahead of next month’s tour of Bangladesh. In any event, the pair will not be available for the final three rounds of First Division in the Championship – English domestic cricket’s first-class competition where matches are played over four days. Jason Gillespie to quit Yorkshire
Second-placed Yorkshire, whose coach Jason Gillespie will return to his native Australia at the end of the season, are currently four points behind London-based leaders Middlesex, with the clubs set for a title decider at Lord’s in their last match of the season from September 20-23. Root, together with several other Yorkshire players but not Bairstow, is also in England’s squad for the lone Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
“The Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been advised by the England and Wales Cricket Board that Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow will not be available for the rest of the County Championship season. A decision on the availability of David Willey, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett will be made after Wednesday’s NatWest IT20 between England and Pakistan.”
Meanwhile, Yorkshire head coach Jason Gillespie will leave the English county to return to Australia at the end of the season. Gillespie has led Yorkshire to promotion to the First Division and successive County Championship titles during a successful five-year spell at Headingley.
