{"id":10352,"date":"2012-04-30T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/cricket-england-extend-overseas-qualifying-period-to-seven-years\/"},"modified":"2012-04-30T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T18:29:09","slug":"cricket-england-extend-overseas-qualifying-period-to-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-england-extend-overseas-qualifying-period-to-seven-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-England extend overseas qualifying period to seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON, April 30<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; England, who regularly include<br \/>\nseveral overseas-born cricketers in their test team, have<br \/>\nextended the qualifying period for players from four to seven<br \/>\nyears.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Players who start living in England or Wales after their<br \/>\n18th birthday will now need to complete a residence period of<br \/>\nseven consecutive years, the England and Wales Cricket Board<br \/>\n(ECB) said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However the ECB also said it could reduce qualification to<br \/>\nfour years, at its own discretion, for players from countries<br \/>\nwho are not full members of the International Cricket Council.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cricketers who start living in England and Wales before<br \/>\ntheir 18th birthday need only serve a four-year residency.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Matt Prior and captain<br \/>\nAndrew Strauss, who were all born in South Africa, featured in<br \/>\nEngland&#8217;s second-test victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo at the<br \/>\nstart of April.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pietersen, 31, was involved in the most high-profile switch<br \/>\nof international allegiance.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He decided to quit South Africa at the start of his career<br \/>\nin protest at a racial-quota system he felt was hindering his<br \/>\nprospects.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Soon after completing the qualification process, Pietersen<br \/>\nmade his test debut in the series victory over Australia in 2005<br \/>\nthat helped England regain the Ashes after an 18-year wait.     \t<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Tony Jimenez; editing by Alison Wildey)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) &#8211; England, who regularly include several overseas-born cricketers in their test team, have extended the qualifying period for players from four to seven years. 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