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Another South African joins England

By Will 3 years ago, at the end of February Leave a comment on this post

Martin van Jaasveld, who played for South Africa against England only 7 or 8 weeks ago, has retired from International cricket to play for Kent in England, under the “Kolpak” ruling.

“Having understood that my future international prospects might be limited, I needed to weigh up my options and make a decision that was in the best interests of my long-term future,” he explained.

He joins Murray Goodwin who returns to Sussex, but this time under the bloody Kolpak ruling. So both these players are now regarded as non-overseas players - both will no doubt demand reasonable salaries, money which could have been used to fund grass-roots cricket and younger players. And, such is English cricket’s obsession with overseas players, that both these players will no doubt be joined by their compatriotes from their own bloody countries!

Ridiculous. Can’t find a paper on KolKrap, but this could threaten the future of the English game unless some limitations are put in place. Soon.

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2 Responses to “Another South African joins England”

  • Gana wrote:
    February 24th, 2005 at 10.56 pm

    Here’s something on Kolpak:
    THE KOLPAK RULING
    Any citizen of a country with an associate agreement with the EU has the same rights as a European worker
    Named after Slovakian handball player Maros Kolpak, who went to the European Court in a bid to play in Germany without being classed as a foreigner, claiming restraint of trade

  • Will wrote:
    February 25th, 2005 at 12.08 pm

    Still don’t understand. So, van Jaasfeld and Goodwin (and all the other Kolpaks) have “associate agreement[s] with the EU”, correct? Well - how? They’re from Africa - unless Africa has suddenly become apart of the EU without telling anyone. Thanks for the info anyway Gana


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