MARK Graham (October 13) says he understands that “the ECB clamped down on overseas amateurs at club level this year, to help promote more UK-born players.” This is not strictly correct.
The Two Counties Cricket Championship (TCCC) tribunal (which I chaired) that heard the appeal by Frinton CC against the loss of 36 points for fielding an ineligible overseas player considered the matter in detail.
It is true the ECB issued a guidance document in January, “Overseas Players and Managed Migration”, which has been interpreted by some as indicating the ECB we...