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[ppccopener]

Rest period was scheduled a couple of months ago prior to the winter tours.
He's not contracted at the moment but the ECB can still insist on a rest period.
You might think there would be some re-think or flexibility...

[Wills]

Poor thing deserves a rest, didn't even carry drinks during the test series.
As for YJB, 5 days of cricket in 5 weeks and he's making the right noises; don't really see how it'll do much harm considering Bangladesh will be a glorified tour match.
Oh, and Strauss...

What a great advertisement for cricket, one of the few county championship games that get televised and it'll no doubt be overshadowed by this whole debacle.

[northernboy1987]

https://www.facebook.com/AdilRashid95/photos/a.707233166071973.1073741828.697438987051391/949134265215194/?type=3&theater

[Buzz]

Staggered Yorkshire made the statements they did given this, they should just have said he was unavailable due to personal reasons.

No one comes out of this well now.

[Manormanic]

Not sure he mentioned any of that till after...

[Mpt7]

I feel for Bairstow as he hasn't played a great deal of match cricket in the last few weeks but you would assume he has been training regularly. the break is mental rather than physical. however to get that mental break he needs to be away from cricket but he is desperate to play for his team and team mates. Unfortunately, the "rest" maybe of little benefit for him.

Rashid's stuff is very messy and could have been communicated better.

However, I feel Rashid has be caught up in the Bairstow topic because they are both missing but for two very separate reasons

which is a shame for Rashid at this time.

[cricketbadger]

How can they not allow Bairstow to play, but other England players have been playing? Woakes for example has played more for england this syummer than Bairstow, but was fine to play at the weekend.

Theres no wonder people are unhappy and feel Strauss and his Middlesex connections have anything to do with it

[FattusCattus]

Staggered Yorkshire made the statements they did given this, they should just have said he was unavailable due to personal reasons.

No one comes out of this well now.

To me it seems like he didn't explain his situation fully to the club or his captain - which doesn't really help.

[ppccopener]

How can they not allow Bairstow to play, but other England players have been playing? Woakes for example has played more for england this syummer than Bairstow, but was fine to play at the weekend.

Theres no wonder people are unhappy and feel Strauss and his Middlesex connections have anything to do with it

bit of a dogs dinner this.Bayless says(I read in the paper don't shoot!) he liases with the player, which he has done this year when a break was scheduled for just before the tour(now). But if he liased with YJB now he don't want a rest....Bairstow is not contracted either....

As conspiracy theories go, it's not up there with the Yanks didn't land on the moon it was filmed in a studio, but it has got legs 

Strauss had not had a good couple of weeks on the PR front