World Cricket II

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apartheid SA players looking for opportunities elsewhere is natural brain-drain.

Trott who played under 15/19 for SA and now playing tests for Eng is unnatural brain-drain with SA fielding a competent test side

I think these are exaggerations.
Trott/KP are good addition, they give the team a bite and competitive edge. But England will be 'brought to 'its knees' without them? Both you and Feddy are misplaced. If they rest Trott and KP, they can't win a series, is what you are saying. I am not sure I agree.

I meant the entire kolpak players who make up the county cricket for what it is today...If only Ecb rests Trott/KP for a test series and play their homegrown Owais/Ravi then we could arrive at a conclusion

P_R to put it succinctly..getting a competent test batsman is a long/tedious process which also involves fair amount of luck w.r.t identifying/grooming the right talent ..OZ with their famed domestic system couldn't muster a prospective test bat to fill the void and are still holding on to Punter/Huss for whatever their worth and same was the case with India holding onto trinity bats..now imagine ECB snapping up 2 quality test bats out of thin air without spending a penny/time.