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By Scott 2 years ago, at the start of August Leave a comment on this post

County teams will be restricted back to one overseas player per season, from the 2008 season. Interestingly, this is not a response to an outcry about the lack of ability of English talent to get into teams. No, the stated reason is that there’s a shortage of overseas players who are able to spend a full season in the ranks, what with all the overseas international events that impinge on the English season these days.

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Comments to “County imports to be restricted.” Ollie wrote:
August 3rd, 2006 at 2.11 am

But they can, of course, have as many kolpak players as they like…

Harrowdrive wrote:
August 3rd, 2006 at 10.05 am

I read a book many years ago that tried to scientifically analyse the influence of overseas players. It was a convincing read to me (which doesn’t say much) and on balance it thought that O/S players did more bad than good.

I think the key with imports is to get the best sort of players - ones that can help English qualified player improve their games.

That doesn’t mean they have to be at the top of the tree themselves, but they do have to be prepared to integrate into a county for at least a season (the more the better) and give as much back in coaching and leadership as possible.

Same goes for Kolpak.

sam wrote:
August 4th, 2006 at 1.56 am

From an English point of view its really a mixed bag. On one hand ,you hope its a move to develop local talent .On the other hand , your going to be missing having your player playing or facing high quality players.

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