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Jayawardene signs for lancs
« on: May 08, 2017, 03:07:31 PM »

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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2017, 03:24:15 PM »

http://www.lccc.co.uk/cricket/news/2017-news/mahela-jayawardene-signs-for-lancashire-lightning/

How would he count as a non overseas player?


His wife has a Danish passport. These technicalities now are beyond ridiculous.
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2017, 05:33:22 PM »

Wow - I'll have to apologise to our resident Hampshire fan, as they are no longer the masters of Kolpakshire!
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2017, 05:40:34 PM »

An absolute joke - how he can qualify through his wife's Danish passport I don't know. It's ridiculous

No doubt he's a wonderful player and he can pass on great knowledge to the others but why not give some of the emerging Lancs players a chance. First Chanderpaul and now Jayawardene - must have a combined age of over 80!
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2017, 06:17:08 PM »

I guess he didn't use this route before because he was still playing international cricket
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2017, 11:43:06 PM »

An absolute joke - how he can qualify through his wife's Danish passport I don't know. It's ridiculous

Because if it was any other job he was applying for he'd be entitlled to it as a spouse of an EU member therefore for all intents and purposes he is an EU citizen.
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2017, 01:05:20 AM »

Absolute joke of a system
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2017, 06:31:08 AM »

Because if it was any other job he was applying for he'd be entitlled to it as a spouse of an EU member therefore for all intents and purposes he is an EU citizen.

I do understand that @mdg20, it was more of a rhetorical question about how silly the system is ;)
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2017, 07:38:39 AM »

Hang on....

That lad from New Zealand....Iain O'Brien? Wasn't his wife British and he wasn't allowed to play as a non-overseas so how come Jayawardene can? Similarly - what about Marcus North?
« Last Edit: May 09, 2017, 07:40:10 AM by hilly_2015 »
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2017, 07:42:44 AM »

Hang on....

That lad from New Zealand....Iain O'Brien? Wasn't his wife British and he wasn't allowed to play as a non-overseas so how come Jayawardene can?

I think you are right. he was allowed to play and then could not get the required status and def could not play anymore...

this is very odd the qualification thru a relative or spouses passport...... pretty sure Dernback had an Italian mother or father and therefore qualified as non overseas...but Jayawardene?   
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2017, 07:47:45 AM »

I enjoyed watching him play for Somerset - a great addition to Lancs
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2017, 07:58:03 AM »

Wow - I'll have to apologise to our resident Hampshire fan, as they are no longer the masters of Kolpakshire!

Apology accepted.
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Re: Jayawardene signs for lancs
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2017, 01:47:31 PM »

i wondered that when i saw it as well...ridiculous state of affairs
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