Rod Lyall writes for CricketEurope:-
“The World Twenty20 qualifier which took place in the UAE earlier this month has brought into sharper focus the continuing debate about the role of foreign-produced players in international cricket, and especially in the Associate and Affiliate nations. It is, of course, not a problem entirely confined to those countries, as critics of the England selectors’ predilection for players from South Africa are always quick to point out, but it has a special significance for those developing nations, and at its most extreme it sometimes threatens to call into question the effectiveness of the ICC’s Global Development and High Performance programmes…”

“It is a genuine dilemma for cricket’s emerging nations: raising the sport’s profile domestically and the flow of ICC funding are heavily dependent on international success, yet development programmes mean little if that international success can only be secured by importing overseas-based players, sometimes with little personal association with the country they represent”

“Parachuting in ready-developed players may buy short-term success, but it does not change the face of international cricket in the way that it needs to be changed, and it can be a distraction from the decisions that need to be taken. It is time for something to be done.”
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