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Kolpak

An overseas players who plays in English domestic cricket under the Kolpak ruling named after Maros Kolpak

Any restrictions placed on their right to work (such as quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign players in sports teams) are deemed illegal under EU Law

Some examples are Shivnarine Chanderpaul (above) from Guyana who has played for Lancashire and Brendan Taylor from Zimbabwe who has played for Nottinghamshire