Gale probably would still make the side - with Root and Bairstow basically forbidden from playing for us by the disgraceful Strauss and Lehmann back in Oz, we be more or less out of options.
Root needs looking after, he's England's best player and England comes first. Bairstow...yes common sense should of prevailed and cancelled his planned rest time to play in a game he really wanted to play in.He don't need a rest.
ECB gave Yorkshire 700 grand which put them in the black for the first time in many years
I suspect the bigwigs at Yorkshire didn't feel able to complain too much about the situation