What this World Cup has shown us once again is how players who find themselves unable to play for their country somehow find some ancestral connection to qualify for an associate member team and thus play in the World Cup for that country.

To the best of my knowledge if a player has played at the U-19 level for one country, then he needs to have stayed in another country for at least four years before he can qualify for that country. But if he has played a Test match for one country then he has to complete seven years residency in another country to be eligible to play for that country.