Derek Pringle is worried that the influx of Kolpak players in the county game is to the detriment of homegrown youngsters

Derek Pringle

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For some, the health of cricket in England will be judged by the size of the new TV deal that will be brokered at the end of June. But there should be other factors to measure the game’s well-being, such as the number of home-raised cricketers playing in county first teams.
At the moment the numbers are low. Indeed, in an echo of the invasion of southern Englan...