ESSEX off-spinner Simon Harmer has given up hope of a future England callup after the Kolpak rules were changed.
Harmer, 31, took part in five Tests for South Africa but had targeted playing for England after playing a starring role in county cricket for Essex, taking 212 County Championship wickets and helping them to Division One titles in 2017 and 2019.
Since 2004, cricketers from EU Association Agreement countries have qualified as non-overseas players under the Kolpak ruling, but the UK’s exit from the European Union forced the ECB to issue guidance that Kolpak cricketers will no...