All hail the Sheffield Shield. Nevertheless, county cricket is up there with the best.
Currently, Lancashire and Hampshire are battling it out. If you go to that match you would see the following players:
There is no other place on earth where you can get so many top-class cricketers playing with and against each other so often. It is in this sort of atmosphere that young English players are being exposed to. Don't tell me that having overseas players is bad for English cricket!
Overseas players:
Currently, Lancashire and Hampshire are battling it out. If you go to that match you would see the following players:
- Shane Warne (former Australian Test player and one of cricket's greatest bowlers)
- Sean Ervine (former Zimbabwean Test player)
- VVS Laxman (current Indian Test player)
- John Crawley (former England Test player)
- Nic Pothas (former South African One-day player)
- Daren Powell (former West Indian Test player)
- Stuart Law (former Australian Test player and unlucky not to be picked more often)
- Dominic Cork (former England Test player with 131 Test wickets)
- Sajid Mahmood (England Test player)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lankan Test player and one of cricket's greatest bowlers)
There is no other place on earth where you can get so many top-class cricketers playing with and against each other so often. It is in this sort of atmosphere that young English players are being exposed to. Don't tell me that having overseas players is bad for English cricket!
Overseas players:
- Make County cricket more watchable.
- Make County cricket stronger.
- Make Young English players more likely to succeed at international level.
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