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da heads bet： Andrew Hignell20-Dec-2001Glamorgan have confirmed that the E.C.B. have agreed that two of theirEnglish born players, Steve James and Dean Cosker, can play for Wales inthe international challenge match at Cardiff on June 24th. Both qualify onresidence grounds, but all-rounders Keith Newell and Alex Wharf do not meet theBoard’s four-year qualifying criteria.”I think the game is an exciting concept and I know that the boys are alreadylooking forward to it,” said Steve James, Glamorgan’s Lydney-born captain. “It will seemstrange for me playing against England because I was born and grew up there, and playedtwo Test for England in 1998. But I’ve got a Welsh wife and daughter and I feel like anadopted Welshman these days as I’m so settled here.””Wales versus England is always a special occasion, whatever the sport, and I don’t thinkit will be any different in cricket. Our players will be fired up to win and I’m sure we’llhave a fantastic crowd behind us. I think it will be a great game and I don’t see anyreason why we can’t win on our own ground.”The match will be staged at the start of the one-day NatWest Series involving England,India and Sri Lanka, and with the match not clashing with any action from the summer’s WorldCup soccer tournament, Glamorgan are hopeful that the game will be a sell-out.”It’s a good game for England because they will be using it as preparation for theNatWest Series,” said Glamorgan chief executive Mike Fatkin. ” and I don’t think they will beunderestimating the Wales side. This is not a Wales Minor Counties team, as some people seemto believe, but a team of very good and established cricketers. We’re obviously delightedthat our English-born players Steve James and Dean Cosker, like Matthew Maynard and AdrianDale who have been in Wales a little longer, meet the criteria to play and that willstrengthen the squad even further.”The Wales team, who are likely to wear a special red strip, will therefore be chosen fromthe bulk of the Glamorgan squad, whilst two other Welshmen – Sussex batsman Tony Cottey andSomerset paceman Steffan Jones – are also eligible to play.
