England’s cricket chief Giles Clarke is worried about injured Andrew Flintoff playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but believes the all-rounder will put his England commitments first.

Flintoff, who has a hip injury, is confident of fulfilling his commitments with the Chennai Super Kings in April after signing a record $1.55 m deal but his IPL contract has become a source of worry for Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), given its timing at the start of an