Cape The town – The County Championship‘s new season has begun and this yr it sees a number of South Africans within the combine in England.

Department One has 8 groups and Department Two has ten groups, with two groups relegated and two promoted on the finish of the season. 

The primary spherical of fits started on April 13 and the general spherical of fits is scheduled to finish on September 27.

Some gamers have opted for the arguable Kolpak deal.

This permits them to compete in home cricket in South Africa within the English wintry weather. On the other hand, they should forfeit their global careers whilst beneath contract in England.

Here is a take a look at one of the most South African cricketers participating in England’s County Championship:

Department One:

Essex 

Kolpak: Simon Harmer

Non-overseas: Ryan ten Doeschate (SA-born now represents Netherlands)

Out of the country: Neil Wagner (SA-born now represents New Zealand)

Hampshire

Kolpak: Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott

Out of the country: Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn

Lancashire 

Kolpak: Dane Vilas

Somerset 

Kolpak: Johann Myburgh

Non-overseas: Roelof van der Merwe (SA-born now represents Netherlands), Tim Groenewald

Surrey

Kolpak: Morné Morkel

Non-overseas: Mathew Pillans, Conor McKerr

Out of the country: Dean Elgar

Yorkshire 

No South Africans

Nottinghamshire 

No South Africans

Worcestershire 

No South Africans

Department Two:

Middlesex 

Non-overseas: Nick Compton (SA-born now represents England)

Warwickshire

Non-overseas: Jonathan Trott (SA-born represented England)

Derbyshire 

Kolpak: Hardus Viljoen

Non-overseas: Wayne Madsen, Daryn Smit

Out of the country: Duanne Olivier

Durham 

Kolpak: Brydon Carse

Non-overseas: Gareth Harte

Out of the country: Aiden Markram

Glamorgan 

Kolpak: Colin Ingram

Non-overseas: Craig Meschede, Chris Cooke, Marchant de Lange 

Gloucestershire 

Non-overseas: Graeme van Buuren, Gareth Roderick

Kent 

Kolpak: Heino Kuhn

Non-overseas: Sean Dickson

Leicestershire

Non-overseas: Cameron Delport, Colin Ackermann, Dieter Klein

Northamptonshire 

Non-overseas: Richard Levi, Rory Kleinveldt, Ricardo Vasconcelos

Sussex 

Kolpak: Stiaan van Zyl, David Wiese