PCA Response To Reduction In Overseas Players - 02/08/2006

The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), the representative body for past, present and future first class cricketers in England and Wales, has today welcomed the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to reduce the number of overseas players per county from two to one.

Richard Bevan, group chief executive, said: “Having two overseas players has created unsustainable financial pressures for counties, so we believe this change is very sensible.

“Our members felt that having two excellent international players per county would benefit the game, but the practical reality is that such stars cannot commit to the full English season due to the demands of their international schedules.”