'It has been so successful for us': Stuart Broad urges new ECB director of cricket Ashley Giles not to give footballing warm-ups the red card Stuart Broad insists England's pre-game football matches are good for morale New ECB director of cricket Ashley Giles has considered banning them Wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow allegedly injured himself while playing a game Broad claimed the injury picked up in Sri Lanka had nothing to do with football
By Richard Gibson For Mail On Sunday
Published: 22:38 GMT, 12 January 2019 | Updated: 23:24 GMT, 12 January 2019
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England's Test cricketers intend to carry on playing football as part of their early morning warm-up routines despite the practice coming under review from new director of cricket Ashley Giles.
Fears of a repeat of the sidelining of Jonny Bairstow at the start of the Sri Lanka tour due to ankle ligament damage means Giles will address the subject with coach Trevor Bayliss and captain Joe Root.
However, Stuart Broad argued the case for the retention of the daily kick-about, having analysed the positives in it during his decade as an international.
