Bad news for Bess (or a good mentor?)
Bess plays for Somerset Brucie! Only went to Yorks on loan last year, guessing he won't be doing that again with them signing Ashwin and Maharaj. Safe to say it's the end of red ball Rashid too.
I wish the ECB would respect the County Championship like the overseas boards do, going through the lists now for next year and it's loaded with Aussies; Lyon, Bancroft, Siddle, Neser, Handscomb, Labuschagne, Wade, Head. Think we'll do alright next year, Neser in our bowling attack and getting Hashim (admittedly as a kolpak) is a good move.
Does that also solve South africas selection issues? Lots of players would become available again?Abott, Olivier, russow, viljoen, harmer to name a few
Not really, remember the majority of them went Kolpak at least partly because they weren't cutting it at international level. Abbott would be the only absolute definite pick I'd say, Harmer a probable.