Should ICC allow overseas players in international cricket too ?

[achilles]

Infact, let me post the most relevant part of Sunny bhai's article in bold and quotes-

The IPL also brought to the fore some unknown players like Dirk Nannes who played for Holland in the ICC Twenty20 immediately after the IPL concluded and now finds himself in the Australian team for the T20 matches against England. How a player who played in June for another country can play in August for another country is hard to understand. There is a restriction of 4 years for a player of a Test country to transfer to another Test country but how Nannes was allowed to play for Holland would be interesting to find out especially if he has an Australian passport and has not stayed in Holland for the required length of time to qualify. In fact it would be interesting to know how a player who plays for Scotland or Ireland in the year can play for England in the same year. After all Scotland and Ireland are separate members of the ICC along with England. Whatever commentators may say about India's clout in world cricket, the old powers are the wily ones who have things going their way.

[achilles]

Kieswetter prefers england to south africa' date=' so what?[/quote'] It boomerangs. Hope we are around the day it does. And I'd like to know your opinion when it does.

[Serani]

It boomerangs. Hope we are around the day it does. And I'd like to know your opinion when it does.

I very much doubt it will happen actually.

[achilles]

I very much doubt it will happen actually.

Pride comes before a fall. Every dog has his day. The only thing constant is change. Time changes.

[Gunner_Mania]

achilles. What do you mean by boomerang?

[achilles]

achilles. What do you mean by boomerang?

It will come back to England. We might have English players wanting to play for some other country in the future. And I'm a firm believer in karma.

[f2000560]

i think england is perfectly okto take all this players most responses are bitter over reaction and sour. there are laws and if players who have dual heritage/ parentage should be eligible to play for that country, plus they have become naturalized citizens over the course of time . and as far as nannes is concerned he was not an unknown before ipl he was in the australian limited over fringes. just the selectors never took him on cause for him cricket was always an afterthought. plus i think he holds dual citizenship grapes. its only when turning back from a test playing nation back to an associate or another test side i think you have a 4 year cool off.