England's cricket board has allowed its Test players a 21-day period to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League.England stars such as big-hitters Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff were forbidden from playing in last year's inaugural IPL Twenty20 event because it breached the terms of their central contracts. But the terms of their new contracts with the England and Wales Cricket Board allows a 21-day spell between the end of the current tour of the West Indies and before the start of the next series against the same opponents in May. "It's great to see some flexibility and the players should thank the IPL and the ECB for allowing them to participate," Sean Morris, chairman of the Professional Cricketers' Association, said on Thursday."We have had very open discussions with county chairmen, they are keen for the best players in the country to go out and perform in IPL with some of the best players in the world."The ECB has also given players who don't have a central contract a 28-day period to play in the IPL, even though they will be late joining up with their County Championship teams.
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