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Old 07-11-2007, 12:42 PM in reply to Ninjaman's post starting "I thought English counties did get less..."
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Originally Posted by Ninjaman View Post
I thought English counties did get less money for fielding Kolpal players.
Ninjman - you are right....

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Originally Posted by BBC Sport
In an attempt to address this, the England and Wales Cricket Board provides cash incentives - £85 for one-day games and £340 for four-day matches - to counties for every England-qualified player they select instead.
BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Gatting's war on foreign players

But £340/£85 per player, is hardly going to do much is it!! The result is that we still have as many passport professionals and Kolpaks as ever...
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