Rudolph worried for future
May 05 2009 - 12:37:32
Star Yorkshire batsman Jacques Rudolph has admitted that he may be forced to leave the county in the future due to changes in the application of the Kolpak ruling.
The 28-year-old South African is in the final season of an initial three-year stay, but admits that next summer could be his last at Headingley.
He told the York Press: "I'm having a meeting at some point with people from the ECB to discuss my future.
"I think I'll know one way or the other by the end of the month.
"If I can't qualify here, I will definitely go back to South Africa. That's my only way back to playing any overseas cricket as a professional."
Yorks chief executive, Stewart Regan, added: "Now a player has to have had international experience within the last five years.
"The longer Jacques plays for Yorkshire as a Kolpak, the harder it is going to be to satisfy that criteria.
"The clock is ticking because I think he played his last international in 2006. By 2011 he will have hit his deadline."