Vaughan calls for all-English England

Craig Kieswetter
12 April 2012

South African-born all-rounder Craig Kieswetter scored a century on only his third appearance for England on Friday but his decision to switch allegiance has not impressed everyone.

Kieswetter hit 107 as England reached 284 for five in the third one-day international against Bangladesh in Chittagong, yet former captain Michael Vaughan would like to see 11 Englishmen representing the national side rather than the likes of Kieswetter and Jonathan Trott.

Vaughan told the London launch of the Jaguar Academy of Sport, in comments reported in The Independent: "I would like to see, in an ideal world, 11 complete Englishmen in the team."

The ex-Yorkshire opener admitted he could see a way for the likes of Kevin Pietersen, who had never played for South Africa, making the move but was unhappy about Kieswetter and Trott who had both played at some level for their native country.

"Someone like Kevin Pietersen made the decision very early to come over to England and he learnt a lot of his cricket here," added Vaughan.

"I do have a problem when the likes of Jonathan Trott (play for England), and (Craig) Kieswetter, who's played for the South African Under-19s. I think in Trott's case he even played for the South Africa A team. Now that is where I have a problem, that we have almost got a 'ship-in' system of looking at talent, and a lot of them come over for the money.

"It's very, very difficult to stop them. I would like to see, in an ideal world, 11 complete Englishmen in the team but I don't think that's ever going to be the case."

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