Sri Lankan players given extra time with IPL teams

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket will allow  its IPL contracted cricketers to play in the Indian Premier  League until May 19 before joining the rest of the team in  England, the board said yesterday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had asked their  Sri Lankan counterparts to reconsider their earlier decision to  recall all the IPL contracted players picked for the tour of  England by May 5.

The England tour commences on May 14