now, charlie hemphrey�*s possible exit is leaving many puzzled too.'s the crux of it. hemphrey failed to crack it in england as a youngster but, after moving to australia, got signed by queensland and then, aged 29, picked up by glamorgan. but because he'd not played county cricket, he wasn't classed as english, similar to kevin pietersen and jofra archer. it takes three years to become english qualified, hemphrey�*s only done two — and with counties financially incentivised to pick english players, that could now leave hemphrey out in the cold. and pleas for an exception have been flat batted away. they're effectively classifying me as someone who was born and raised in a different country. i lived in england until i was 24. i'm english, so if they show a discretion for me, it's not going to open the floodgates to 20 other players. the ecb says its rules haven't changed and that they're applied fairly and consistently across all teams and their players, adding regulations allow players to compete even if they are not england qualified, so glamorgan c