The rule seems to have fluctuated over time. I'm sure it was 4 years for the various South Africans who qualified during the apartheid era - Greig, Lamb, the Smith brothers. It was 7 years for Graeme Hick, who had already played for Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. It was 4 for Kevin Pietersen, who has a British mother. It was 7 for Conor McKerr, who joined Surrey in 2016 aged 18 and also has British parentage, so I guess he benefits the same as Archer. If he'd been anywhere close to eligible the media would have been hyping up McKerr, who is 6'5" and pretty quick, this time last year when he took a stack of cheap wickets towards the end of Surrey's championship winning season, but he's been sidelined by injury for most of this season.
Snow had a reputation as a hothead who was difficult to manage. He made his debut in Fred Trueman's final Test and was our leading fast bowler in a very successful few years for England under Ray Illingworth's captaincy.
I recall one commentator (probably John Arlott) describing this as being like an old locomotive building up a head of steam.
Burns went there too oddly enough.
Yep, along with Danny Cipriani...and Victor Moses...but that's another matter.
May be better than Roy though. Worth a shot.
