I have read that the cricket Law states that should a player wish to switch countries and play for another country, he must wait for 4 years. there are many examples too. Why is that so? why does the law restrict a person to wait for four years before he is eligible to play for some other country ?
1 Answer
What would you have? People jumping from one country to another on a whim?
The eligibility requirements often mean that players are qualified to play for more than one country (due to grandparents, etc) - would you have (e.g.) Kevin Pietersen playing for England in the first Test Match of a series, then playing for South Africa in the next Test?
As the cycle between World Cups and the like, four years is a reasonable amount of time which means that a player has truly moved from one country to another, and isn't just playing for whichever flag of convenience will happen to pay them the most this week.
answered Mar 2, 2017 at 12:17
