By Rebecca Syrocki Last updated: 13th August 2008
Vaughan: Concern for Test side
Former England captain Michael Vaughan fears of the impact the rise of the Twenty20 game could have on the Test side.
Vaughan, who stood down after England's recent series defeat against South Africa, admits he is concerned with the high number of foreign players in the domestic game.
The England and Wales Cricket Board have set up new Twenty20 events to cope with increasing demand and hoping to curb the proliferation of Kolpak players.
Speaking in September's Wisden Cricketer Vaughan said: "My gut feeling is that players will be gearing their game towards the Twenty20 format, more than the five-day format.
"The new generation of 15-20 year olds, are they going to gear themselves towards travelling the world for nine months of the year playing five-day cricket or earn plenty by playing three-hour cricket a little bit in India and at home? I'm not too sure."
Some players are likely to be targeted by the Indian Premier League while England play the first of five winner-takes-all £10million matches against Sir Allen Stanford's Super Stars side this autumn.
"Suppose you're a young player and you suddenly come into the England team now, and within the first year you play two Stanfords and earn a million quid and get an IPL deal. Where's it going to go to?" Vaughan added.
"That's my fear for the longer format - that the motivation of players will be more geared towards Twenty20 cricket."
Vaughan fears that a limited number of England-qualified players are gaining the experience needed for international cricket in the domestic game.
"My fear is that, in other teams that have so many (Kolpaks), pressurised situations - bowling at the death, bowling with the new ball, captaincy, batting under pressure - are being done by too many Kolpak players, which is not going to develop England players," he said.

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| Fixture |
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| Monday 9th November |
| One Day Int Third Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| Women's T20 Int First Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Tuesday 10th November |
| One Day Int Second Match |
| South Africa vs Zimbabwe |
| Tour Match One Day Match |
| South Africa A vs England |
| Women's T20 Int Second Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Wednesday 11th November |
| One Day Int Seventh Match |
| India vs Australia |
| Thursday 12th November |
| Int Twenty20 First Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| Women's T20 Int Third Women's Twenty20 International |
| West Indies Women vs England Women |
| Friday 13th November |
| Int Twenty20 Second Match |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand |
| International Twenty20 |
| South Africa vs England |
| Result |
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| Sunday 8th November |
| One Day International Series |
| South Africa vs Zimbabwe South Africa won by 45 runs. |
| India vs Australia Australia won by 6 wickets. |
| Tour Match |
| vs England England won by 8 wickets. |
| Saturday 7th November |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| West Indies Women vs England Women West Indies Women won by 1 wickets. |
| Friday 6th November |
| One Day International Series |
| Pakistan vs New Zealand New Zealand won by 64 runs. |
| Tour Match |
| Diamond Eagles vs England XI England won by 185 runs. |
| Women's One Day International Series |
| West Indies Women vs England Women England Women won by 13 runs. |
| Thursday 5th November |
| One Day International Series |
| Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh won by 1 wickets. |
| India vs Australia Australia won by 3 runs. |
| Wednesday 4th November |
| Under 19 One Day International Series |
| Bangladesh Under 19 vs England Under 19 Bangladesh Under 19 won by 8 runs. |
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