Dan Whiting questions whether homegrown talent, and not Kolpak stars, are the key to county success

Until 1991, Yorkshire County Cricket Club had a rule written into their constitution that you had to be born within the county to be eligible to wear the White Rose. It is a view that has made their fans into the more parochial of county cricket followers, yet who could argue with their success rate in the domestic game, with 33 Championship titles to their name?
It begs the question of whether a county becomes more successful by bringing through their own talent, or recruiting e...