Goughy
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This took a fair amount of time, but it was a quiet afternoon at work.
Cricinfo lists 449 players as members of County squads.
I thought Id breakdown where they were all born. With recent talk that some Counties employ too many Kolpaks, I wondered if this would be borne out and whether some Counties had little talent from them. EDIT- IMO the evidence is pretty clear
This list includes all squad players (as defined by Cricinfo). It includes, amongst others, Kolpaks, Overseas, young pros etc
There will be some players that were born somewhere and then move and grow up somewhere else but those exceptions do not change the core focus of the study. With so much data these do not impact the conclusions that can be drawn.
There are 9 Counties that can be termed Positives.
I use the term Positives to indicate Counties that have 11 players born in that county and then can contribute additional to the communal pot. Yorkshire being the 'King Positive' by contributing almost 20% of all English born players.
Amazingly, Staffordshire (with 12 players) is one of them and contributes far more players than a lot of other Counties.
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire , Worcestershire are the worst with each having only 5 cricketers in the whole of County cricket being born in that County.
More to come
Cricinfo lists 449 players as members of County squads.
I thought Id breakdown where they were all born. With recent talk that some Counties employ too many Kolpaks, I wondered if this would be borne out and whether some Counties had little talent from them. EDIT- IMO the evidence is pretty clear
This list includes all squad players (as defined by Cricinfo). It includes, amongst others, Kolpaks, Overseas, young pros etc
There will be some players that were born somewhere and then move and grow up somewhere else but those exceptions do not change the core focus of the study. With so much data these do not impact the conclusions that can be drawn.
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Name Total
South Africa 58
Yorkshire 42
Lancashire 27
Australia 25
Wales 18
Nottinghamshire 17
Pakistan 16
Surrey 16
Kent 15
Middlesex 14
Warwickshire 13
Staffordshire 12
Essex 11
Durham 10
Sussex 9
Hampshire 9
New Zealand 9
Somerset 8
Derbyshire 8
Zimbabwe 8
Undefined London 7
Ireland 6
Gloucestershire 6
Buckinghamshire 6
Leicestershire 5
Northamptonshire 5
Worcestershire 5
Scotland 5
Barbados 4
Jamaica 4
Northumberland 4
Cornwall 4
Wiltshire 3
Hertfordshire 3
Norfolk 3
India 3
Berkshire 3
Oxfordshire 3
Shropshire 2
Bedfordshire 2
Lincolnshire 2
Devon 2
Kenya 2
Guyana 2
Cambridgeshire 2
Malaysia 1
Sri Lanka 1
Anguilla 1
Germany 1
Cumberland 1
Antigua 1
France 1
PNG 1
Denmark 1
Dorset 1
Bermuda 1
I use the term Positives to indicate Counties that have 11 players born in that county and then can contribute additional to the communal pot. Yorkshire being the 'King Positive' by contributing almost 20% of all English born players.
Amazingly, Staffordshire (with 12 players) is one of them and contributes far more players than a lot of other Counties.
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire , Worcestershire are the worst with each having only 5 cricketers in the whole of County cricket being born in that County.
More to come
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