England coach Brendon McCullum says he has no concerns that Ben Stokes playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will jeopardise the captain's participation in this year's Ashes series. A knee issue has long bothered Stokes and he has come under pressure in some quarters to rest the joint and skip his lu
England coach Brendon McCullum says he has no concerns that Ben Stokes playing in the Indian Premier League will jeopardise the captain's participation in this year's Ashes series.
"I ... believe that the Ashes is the script that the skipper is waiting to write, so he'll be sweet. I don't have any concerns," he told reporters in Wellington at the conclusion of the drawn series with New Zealand. Stokes has already said he will leave the IPL early to prepare for a one-off test against Ireland at Lord's on June 1 and the first Ashes test at Edgbaston, which starts on June 16.
McCullum, like Stokes, was unapologetic for the decision to enforce the follow on and said there was unlikely to be much change to the way England approached the game.
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