Kolpak

'Kolpak' deal - after the he impressed them during their recent pre-season tour of the Caribbean.

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Six years ago a system of performance-related fee payments was introduced – partly as a counter-measure to the influx of non-English players who could obtain work permits under the European court's Kolpak ruling – whereby counties are rewarded from a central pot for fielding England-qualified players under the age of 22.

New kids on the block stake their claim for England Test place 2011

Meanwhile, the proliferation of overseas and Kolpak players must have a detrimental effect on young English cricketers.

Fixing the County Championship 2009

By that act we can no longer resist the arrival of anyone from any part of the Union save, for a little while, Romania and Bulgaria (plenty of whose citizens have already ignored the niceties of the law and are already here); nor, indeed, under the Kolpak case, can we resist those who have been given permission to work in some other part of the Union, irrespective of who they are.

Brown's BNP Moment 2007

By that act we can no longer resist the arrival of anyone from any part of the Union save, for a little while, Romania and Bulgaria (plenty of whose citizens have already ignored the niceties of the law and are already here); nor, indeed, under the Kolpak case, can we resist those who have been given permission to work in some other part of the Union, irrespective of who they are.

Archive 2007-11-04 2007

Meanwhile, the proliferation of overseas and Kolpak players must have a detrimental effect on young English cricketers.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

With Australian batsman Marcus North installed as the overseas player and Mark Wallace taking over the captaincy, Glamorgan wanted Petersen as a Kolpak player and said the 31-year-old had signed a pre-contract agreement.

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Glamorgan must now decide whether to replace Petersen with another Kolpak signing - possibly former batsman Mark Cosgrove if he agrees to give up his Australia ambitions - or rely on young home-grown batsmen.

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GLAMORGAN have confirmed they would be interested in signing former captain Alviro Petersen as a Kolpak player if his contract is not renewed with Cricket South Africa.

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If Glamorgan were to lose middle order batsmen Maynard and Dalrymple, Petersen revealed he was still considering a Kolpak South African replacement like Herschelle Gibbs or a domestic player.

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