From: edmunds.david@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, June 21, 2002 at 3:14:18 PM UTC+1, MacRobert wrote:   
   > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:14:03 GMT, ian-stewart paused   
   > to reflect but wrote anyway:   
   >   
   > >From todays Glasgow Herald   
   > >   
   > >Scots are foreigners in England's green and pleasant   
   > >land, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board.   
   > >   
   > >The board ruled that as far as the sport is concerned, Scots are not   
   > >British, but are in the same "overseas" category as players from the   
   > >likes of India, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies.   
   > >   
   > >The EWCB website contains a copy of the separate regulations.   
   > >Paragraph 1.10 states: "Great Britain means England, Wales, the   
   > >Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but for the purposes of The   
   > >Regulations Governing The Qualification of Cricketers to Play For   
   > >England no part of Great Britain, other than England, shall be   
   > >regarded as a country."   
   > >   
   > >http://www.theherald.co.uk/   
   > >   
   >   
   > Hooray!  Let the moat-digging begin!   
   >   
   > MacR   
      
   Scots not allowed to play as we are not sufficiently British. As for me I   
   dinnae care at 'a.   
      
   David Martin Edmunds   
      
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