ENGLAND supporters should be more than a little peeved about news that Joe Root is to miss some international cricket so he can rest up in anticipation of making his first foray into the Indian Premier League.
Even the player himself claims to be uneasy about missing cricket for his country, an ho lour that used to exceed all others until the propaganda machine around IPL began to claim that it improved a player’s white-ball skills beyond all measure.
This last claim is utter tosh propagated by those who cannot believe the pay-per-play ratio on offer. If performing in the IPL is so li...