Officially no more Kolpaks as of next season in English cricket.
The ending of Kolpak contracts in England offers South African cricket opportunities but there are also concerns about the impact it will have on a broader basis for all professional contracts locally.
www.iol.co.za
End of Kolpak era means Wiese moving on but van Zyl will see out contract as an overseas player
www.espncricinfo.com
DUANNE OLIVIER is hoping to return to South African domestic cricket as a local player this winter.
www.gazetteherald.co.uk
Bedingham staying UK passport. I guess long time county players like Roderick/Madsen/Groenewald/McKerr have that too?
Cameron Delport is appealing to ECB to remain as a local player on ancestry visa.
Simon Harmer, Kyle Abbott & Stiaan van Zyl stay as overseas professionals.
Marchant de Lange & Dane Vilas are trying to see whether they can be local players on a spousal visa & wife's ancestry visa respectively.
Will have to sign as overseas players
David Wiese (Sussex) - officially released
Farhaan Behardien (Durham)
Rilee Rossouw (Hampshire)
Hardus Viljoen (Kent)
Heino Kuhn (Kent)
Richard Levi (Northants) - but he supposedly says he is not technically Kolpak but viewed as one in SA
Morne Morkel (Surrey)
Hashim Amla (Surrey)
Wayne Parnell (Worcs)
Leus du Plooy (Derbys)
Vernon Philander (Somserset)
Dane Patterson (Notts that never materialised)
Duanne Olivier (Yorks)
Not sure what the future holds for guys like Brad Wheal (Scotland), Ricardo Vasconcelos (Portuguese), Ryan ten Doechate/Roelof vd Merwe/Colin Ackermann/Brandon Glover (all Netherlands), Dieter Klein (Germany) either. Think Michael Cohen also got in on a EUP.
Many other lesser known SA's that never really played much domestic cricket or at the top level either that I have no idea.
