New Zealand Cricket to decide on IPL five next week

New Zealand Cricket will take a decision next week on whether to allow the five players who have joined the Indian Premier League to miss the start of the England tour.

Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram and Ross Taylor will be playing in the IPL starting April 18. But New Zealand's tour of England starts with a warm-up match against the MCC on April 27, followed by two three-day games in early May before the first Test on May 15.

"We really canvassed not only individuals but the team's collective view in terms of what they think is the right think to do in this situation," Justin Vaughan, the NZC chief executive, told New Zealand Herald.

The players feel missing a few practice matches won't matter as New Zealand rarely play warm-ups on their tours. Earlier this week, Vettori said the players would abide by whatever decision the board came to but made it clear what he would prefer. "Like I've said a couple of times, we go away on most tours and don't have any warm-up games. I don't think we can say that we all need to turn up all on the same day because that's the way it's supposed to be, because we don't do it on any other tour."

New Zealand's squad for the England tour is expected to be announced on April 10.