England players released to clubs
All England's non-centrally contracted World Cup cricketers, including wicket-keeper Paul Nixon, have been released to their counties ahead of the forthcoming Test series with West Indies.
Middlesex duo Ed Joyce and Jamie Dalrymple, Essex batsman Ravi Bopara, Durham bowler Liam Plunkett and Leicestershire gloveman Nixon are free to play for their counties in all matches from specified dates at the end of this month and the start of May.
Lancashire bowlers Sajid Mahmood and James Anderson, arguably those most likely to be included for the series which begins on May 17, will be able to feature in one LV County Championship game and one Friends Provident Trophy clash each.
Promising Leicestershire seamer Stuart Broad, currently receiving treatment for a minor injury picked up in the Caribbean, is to be assessed before being permitted to play in the trophy match against Worcestershire on April 29.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has already said that all centrally-contracted players would be allowed to play some county cricket before the first Test begins at Lord's.
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