By Richard Edwards

Lifeline: Liam Plunkett

WHEN Liam Plunkett missed out in the original IPL auction back in February, he could have been forgiven for thinking that one of his final opportunities to play in the world’s most lucrative tournament had passed.
Modern cricket, though, is a funny old game – and Plunkett was left with the last laugh after Kagiso Rabada’s injury handed the Yorkshire paceman the chance of a lifetime.
But if his mind immediately turned to how he would spend his IPL bounty, his girlfriend wasted no time in intervening. “She’s in financ...