New England white-ball captain Harry Brook has announced he will stay away from overseas franchise leagues for the "near future" to manage his workload.
Brook, 26, was named one-day and T20 skipper on Monday, replacing Jos Buttler, who quit after England's failed Champions Trophy campaign.
The main concern about appointing Brook, who pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) last month, has been around his schedule as a regular in England's Test, one-day and T20 sides.
"England is the way forward for me and franchise cricket can almost take a step back for a little while," Brook told the BBC.
"I enjoy playing cricket for England more than anything else, so to lose a little bit of money here and there - I'd take that any day to play for England."
Speaking to the media for the first time since his appointment, Brook suggested he will look to play in every England series but accepted "there might be a couple of opportunities to have a little break here and there".
England's priorities this year are Test series against India in the summer and the Ashes in Australia in the winter.
They play white-ball series against West Indies in June and South Africa and Ireland in September, and travel to New Zealand in November before the Ashes.
Soon after the Ashes ends in January there is a white-ball tour to Sri Lanka before the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka starting in February.
"I'd like to play every game but if I require a week off and that's the best thing going forward for my game, then I'm sure I'll be allowed a week off," said Brook.
Brook, who was part of England's 2022 T20 World Cup win, said that, if forced to chose, he would prefer to win the Ashes than lead England to their third men's T20 title next year.
"The Ashes is the pinnacle of cricket for me still," he said.
While Brook will not play in overseas leagues, he said he still expects to play in The Hundred for Northern Superchargers.
Rules brought in for this year's IPL suggest he will be banned from that competition for two years after his withdrawal.
Source: BBC
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