Duanne Olivier Goes Kolpak with Yorkshire

[slippy888]

Duanne Olivier says he has made "possibly the most difficult decision" he'll ever have to make, after becoming the latest high-profile South African to turn his back on international cricket.

Duanne Olivier to quit South Africa after signing Kolpak deal with Yorkshire | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Food haffi cook
Mouths haffi feed

 

[TheJediBrah]

another one bites the dust

 

[GotSpin]

Is county money that good?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Is county money that good?

I think it's pretty good. The combination of an assured income for years to come and getting a foot in the door to English citizenship (or whatever kolpak entails if not actual citizenship, pardon my ignorance) would be pretty tempting for a South African I'd imagine

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I can't imagine playing your FC cricket out in the Free State would be that lucrative. Nothing much ever happens out there

 

[Bahnz]

I think it's pretty good. The combination of an assured income for years to come and getting a foot in the door to English citizenship (or whatever kolpak entails if not actual citizenship, pardon my ignorance) would be pretty tempting for a South African I'd imagine

Yeah, there's definitely decent money to be made. Senior county professionals can expect salaries north of £100,000. That's probably at least comparable to the salaries' paid to borderline selections in the South African set-up, and their position in a county side is obviously likely to be much more secure. It also leaves Olivier free to pursue lucrative contracts in the CPL and BBL.

 

[ankitj]

This must be made illegal

 

[TheJediBrah]

This must be made illegal

why

unless ICC is going to subsidise SA players' wages or something to keep them there you can't deny people from improving their circumstances through choosing where to work

 

[Borges]

This must be made illegal

Yes. They should be able to play county cricket or IPL or whatever they want, but it should not prevent them from being able to represent their own country.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yes. They should be able to play county cricket or IPL or whatever they want, but it should not prevent them from being able to represent their own country.

wouldn't work though would it? The main point of kolpak deals is they get to play as local players isn't it?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

If any Saffer could just go and play county cricket then would dramatically reduce the amount of Englishmen playing county cricket, thereby weakening the pool for national selection even further.

If only.

 

[Immenso]

Any Saffer can just go and play county cricket, as could any Slovakian or Samoan.

Might be more chances for locals if Oliver etc missed a month or 2 on international duty.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Limited slots for overseas players, always has been. The whole point of Kolpak from a county team point of view is to bypass those restrictions

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Is Kolpak an amalgamation of Kolkata and Pakistan?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Is Kolpak an amalgamation of Kolkata and Pakistan?

named after the player that first did it or who the rule was made for IIRC. would take .3 seconds to google it tbh

Would be better if it was an amalgamation of those though. Could be a good story behind it

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Is Kolpak an amalgamation of Kolkata and Pakistan?

It was named after Slovakian handballer, and his legal battle in looking to ply his trade in Germany. An EU law, wouldn't even be in place now if not from the UK government making a complete horses arse out of Brexit, but that is a discussion for another day

 

[ankitj]

What will it hypothetically take for Olivier to reverse his decision? If he gets a lucrative IPL contract (£100,000 sounds like an amount IPL can afford) can he continue to play for South Africa? Somebody should do that to keep this talented guy in international cricket. Shame we will lose him to domestic cricket.

 

[MrPrez]

What will it hypothetically take for Olivier to reverse his decision? If he gets a lucrative IPL contract (£100,000 sounds like an amount IPL can afford) can he continue to play for South Africa? Somebody should do that to keep this talented guy in international cricket. Shame we will lose him to domestic cricket.

I highly doubt he'd reverse his decision. It's not only money; many South Africans like the idea of moving to England, period.

Also, with guys like Nortje, Ngidi, and Sipambla coming through, he's unlikely to ever be in a situation when he comes back and is a definite in the starting XI. That ship will have sailed while he plays in England.

 

[mr_mister]

This is sad as ****. His test record is looking insanely good. Potential amazing test career ended too early