The Durban Heat suffered a major blow in their bid to reach the Mzansi Super League play-offs after their penultimate match of the regular season against basement side Jozi Stars was abandoned due to rain in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Northerns CEO Jacques Faul has been appointed as the acting CSA CEO, effective immediately, while former ICC CEO Dave Richardson will be approached to possibly help out in the interim.
Graeme Smith has agreed in principle to be South Africa’s first-ever director of cricket, with a formal contract expected to be concluded on Wednesday.
Durban Heat spinner Keshav Maharaj will remain wary of the Jozi Stars during Saturday’s Mzansi Super League clash at the Wanderers.
Captain Dane Vilas is eager to capitalise on the momentum gained from the Durban Heat’s three consecutive victories in the 2019 Mzansi Super League.
Head coach Donovan Miller has insisted the Jozi Stars remain united despite a 2019 Mzansi Super League campaign that hasn’t yielded a victory.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has suggested the Titans’ Jacques Faul succeed Cricket South Africa chief executive officer Thabang Moroe.
A record century stand between Ben Dunk and Matthew Breetzke helped the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants assure themselves a ticket to the Mzansi Super League playoffs and put the Cape Town Blitz on the brink of elimination with a comfortable 11-run win at Newlands on Friday.
Cricket South Africa chief executive officer Thabang Moroe has been suspended.
Standard Bank has withdrawn as the title sponsor of the Proteas.
Captain Jon-Jon Smuts has quietened suggestion pressure will soon toll on the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants’ 2019 Mzansi Super League campaign.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn has insisted the Cape Town Blitz have had a better 2019 Mzansi Super League campaign than a lowly position on the six-team log suggests.
These are heady days for cricket, writes LUKE ALFRED ahead of two very important days for beloved game in South Africa albeit off the field.
The Tshwane Spartans saw their chances of qualifying for the Mzansi Super League play-offs dented after their penultimate round robin match against the Jozi Stars was washed out in Centurion on Thursday.
Former chief executive officer Haroon Lorgat’s comparison of Cricket South Africa’s recent problems to the Chernobyl disaster is awful, but has typified all the associated and unnecessary racket.
