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Jimmy Cook and Paul Terry recruit overseas stars for SPCL 2001
Mike Vimpany - 28 December 2000
Jimmy Cook, the one-time South Africa Test opener, and former Hampshire batsman Paul Terry are helping Southern Premier League clubs recruit their overseas players for the 2001 UK season.
Cook, the Hampshire county coach, has already earmarked three promising young players from Gauteng to play in the Southern Premier next summer, among them his own teenage son, Stephen, who played several games for newly promoted Flamingos last July.
Terry has close links with the Western Australian Cricket Association and is coach at Melville, the Perth Grade club.
The Southern Premier League is planning to clamp down on the number of overseas players turning out for its clubs in 2001.
Each club will be allowed to register only one foreign national - and he must, at the very least, be a qualified Level One coach.
"We are anxious to ensure that the overseas players turning out in our Premier League next summer put something back into the game," commented a Southern League spokesman.
"They can play an important role coaching and developing our young cricketers, hence the need for a coaching qualification, which they will need to become eligible for registration."
The Southern Premier League believe the involvement of Jimmy Cook and Paul Terry will ensure that quality young cricketers come across to play club cricket in Hampshire.
"Ideally, we are looking to recruit youngsters who are part and parcel of provincial and state academies - and who are looking to progress in the game," he added.
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| Players/Umpires | Jimmy Cook, Paul Terry. |
| Season | English Domestic Season |