Urm Batty came through the Surrey youth system.
Was that before or after he came through ours?
As did many others. KP joined us because no one else would have him, Rampaul was a comedy signing by any measure. As for the others, all sides supplement their team. Look at Tendulkar, Pujara, Ballance etc.
Well, if you're citing Ballance, surely you'd accept that Sam and Tom Curran, Dernbach and Meaker are in every bit the same boat?
I agree that all sides supplement from outside - I just would have thought you would accept that until the last 12-18 months, Surrey have done it far more than most. You make mention of Yorkshire - but in the 28 years since they allowed players both outside the county boundaries to play, how many players have they taken from other counties? I can think of Richard Harden, Richard Stemp, Jack Brooks and David Willey (Plunkett and TKC both having played age group cricket for Yorkshire) plus the lad whose name escapes me who we signed for a year after he left Northants. We've had two Kolpaks - Rudolph and Kruis - though have rejected that route for almost a decade now....
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