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**Official English County Cricket 2013**
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Prince EWS
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Well they didn't bowl him at first change this game so it's probably a step in the right direction to realising he's in fact not a bowling allrounder and instead one of the best batsmen.
Spikey
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Has he got British blood? He only played 3 tests so he won't be able to get past home office via the international cricket route from next season (McDonald currently can't get past home office for the same reason)
Prince EWS
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Ahh true, hadn't thought of that. I have no idea what his passport status is.
Spikey
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I'm not talking about playing as a local. I'm just saying from next year the only way Copeland will be able to get past home office and get a county deal even as an overseas player is if he's got a British passport (Or possibly a passport from any EU country? I guess that's how Henriques got past HO the other year). He'd still have to play as an overseas player if he wants to remain playing in Australia. (Joe Burns will be doing that later this summer. He gets past home office via his parents, but is playing as an overseas player)
Viscount Tom
International Debutant
Warwickshire to fall to the champion's curse?
Howe_zat
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Is the Champion's Curse just not winning the title again? Bit of a half-hearted curse if so
Prince EWS
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Nah it's not actually up to the ECB.
Cabinet96
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I assume, after the efforts of Lancashire, it's relegation.
Howe_zat
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Well then it's pretty new for a curse.
That's right Tom, I did not approve of your post, old man howe shakes his cane at you
Spikey
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It was related to the whole Kolpak situation and getting more young england players into county and all that stuff
BBC Sport - Cricket - ECB wins overseas player battle
BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Kolpak numbers could be slashed
So in that regard, it's been a massive success. But it's also, perhaps unintentionally, limited the quality of international cricketers counties can get. Trent Copeland is basically the perfect overseas player for a county to get, particularly given he ain't going to the IPL anytime soon.
stumpski
International Captain
29-3 now, pretty much done and dusted. Solanki has been a disappointment and the less said about Roy the better. Wonder if it's worth a shot with Davies opening and Wilson taking the gloves, not sure it would help Steve's prospects in the long term though.