England confirm players' county availability for early domestic season

Adil Rashid will miss Yorkshire's first two County Championship matches of the season with a shoulder injury but Joe Root will be available for the White Rose

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Adil Rashid will miss Yorkshire's first two County Championship matches of the season with a shoulder injury but Joe Root will be available for the White Rose.

England confirmed the availability of various international stars for the opening weeks of the domestic season on Monday, and as ever Yorkshire are heavily affected.

Rashid played for his country against West Indies in a T20 encounter on Sunday night but will sit out the first two red-ball games of the new term - against Nottinghamshire and Hampshire, before returning for four Royal London One-Day Cup matches. Root, meanwhile, will be allowed to turn out for his county in their early-season Division One games but a decision is yet to be taken on whether he will feature in the 50-over tournament ahead of a busy summer.

Jonny Bairstow, meanwhile, will miss the first month of the campaign due to his IPL commitments.

Mark Wood's fitness will be monitored by both Durham and England, with the fast bowler given permission to play in at least the opening fixture of the season against Derbyshire.

Those members of England's IPL contingent who are involved in the World Cup squad will be expected to return to the UK by April 25.

ENGLAND PLAYER AVAILABILITY: March 24-April 26

DURHAM

Mark Wood

Specsavers County Championship Division Two: Derbyshire v Durham (April 5-8); Durham v Sussex (April 11-14) – subject to fitness

Royal London One-Day Cup: Durham v Northamptonshire (April 17); Worcestershire v Durham (April 24)

LANCASHIRE

James Anderson 

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Middlesex v Lancashire (April 11-14)

Keaton Jennings

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Middlesex v Lancashire (April-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Lancashire v Worcestershire (April 17); Nottinghamshire v Lancashire (April 19); Yorkshire v Lancashire (April 21); Lancashire v Northamptonshire (April 24); Lancashire v Leicestershire (April 28); Durham v Lancashire (April 30)

MIDDLESEX

Dawid Malan & Eoin Morgan

Specsavers County Championship Division Two: Northamptonshire v Middlesex (April 5-8); Middlesex v Lancashire (April 11-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Essex v Middlesex (April 19); Middlesex v Gloucestershire (April 21); Hampshire v Middlesex (April 23); Surrey v Middlesex (April 25)

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Stuart Broad

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (April 5-8); Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (April 11-14)

Alex Hales

Royal London One-Day Cup: Nottinghamshire v Lancashire (April 19); Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire (April 21); Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (April 23); Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire (April 26)

SOMERSET

Jack Leach

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Somerset v Kent (April 5-8); Nottinghamshire v Somerset (April 11-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Somerset v Kent (April 19); Glamorgan v Somerset (April 21); Sussex v Somerset (April 24); Somerset v Essex (April 26); Gloucestershire v Somerset (April 28)

SURREY

Rory Burns, Tom Curran, Ben Foakes

Champion County Match: MCC XI v Surrey (March 24-27)

English MCC University Match: Surrey v Durham MCCU (April 4-6)

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Surrey v Essex (April 11-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Gloucestershire v Surrey (April 17); Sussex v Surrey (April 19); Surrey v Essex (April 23); Surrey v Middlesex (April 25)

Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy (subject to fitness)

English MCC University Match: Surrey v Durham MCCU (April 4-6)

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Surrey v Essex (April 14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Gloucestershire v Surrey (April 17); Sussex v Surrey (April 19); Surrey v Essex (April 23); Surrey v Middlesex (April 25)

SUSSEX

Chris Jordan 

Specsavers County Championship Division Two: Sussex v Leicestershire (April 5-8); Durham v Sussex (April 11-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Sussex v Surrey (April 19); Kent v Sussex (April 21); Sussex v Somerset (April 24)

WARWICKSHIRE

Chris Woakes & Olly Stone (subject to fitness)

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Warwickshire v Kent (April 11-14)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Warwickshire v Yorkshire (April 19); Northamptonshire v Warwickshire (April 21); Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (April 23); Warwickshire v Durham (April 26)

YORKSHIRE

Joe Root

Specsavers County Championship Division One: Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (April 5-8); Hampshire v Yorkshire (April 11-14)

Adil Rashid (subject to fitness)

Royal London One-Day Cup: Yorkshire v Leicestershire (April 17); Warwickshire v Yorkshire (April 19); Yorkshire v Lancashire (April 21); Yorkshire v Derbyshire (April 26)

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