South African Olympic body takes control of Proteas cricket

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Sneha Roy
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Johannesburg: South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has taken the power of Cricket South Africa (CSA), as reported by Cricbuzz. The decision could prove nasty as it goes against the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rules in government interference and might lead the national teams to suffer at the international level.

SASCOC took this decision after a meeting held on Tuesday (September 8). “The CSA board and those senior executives who serve ex-officio on the board (the company secretary, the acting CEO, the CFO and the COO) are directed to step aside from the administration of CSA on full pay pending,” read a letter which SASCOC sent to CSA.  

The Olympic body has also stated, ‘many instances of maladministration and malpractice that have occurred since at least December 2019’. “This has manifestly caused great concern and consternation amongst your own members, former and current members of the national team of the Proteas, stakeholders, sponsors, and members of the cricket-loving public,” the letter said.

“There can be no doubt that this has caused cricket to lose the trust and confidence of members of the public, stakeholders, sponsors and the players represented by the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA). All this has brought cricket into disrepute,” the letter further added.

“SASCOC has attempted to address these issues in two meetings with the CSA board: one was exploratory, and the other failed to take place mainly because of the fact that CSA failed to make the… forensic report available to the SASCOC board despite promises and undertakings by CSA to do so.

“CSA is in receipt of our letter which records that the board’s decision to make the said report available only on a limited basis to the president and board members of SASCOC, is wholly unreasonable and irrational given the apparent nature and scope of the report,” it said. 

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