By Andrew Harvey
YORKSHIRE’S new pace bowler Duanne Olivier has admitted that it was a huge decision for him to turn his back on playing for South Africa.
Olivier, 26, has signed a three-year Kolpak deal at Headingley meaning he can’t play international cricket again until that contract expires.
“I would be lying if I said this wasn’t a difficult decision to make,” he said. “It’s giving up playing for my country with no guarantees of playing international cricket again.
“But, at the end of the day, I needed to be true to myself. I’ve onl...
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