Following meetings in London, Cricket South Africa and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that agreement had been reached on India’s tour of South Africa in December. It will be a two Test match series with three One-Day Internationals.
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by JAMES BUTTLER
In a joint statement the countries made much of a combined desire to work together closely in the future over fixture scheduling,
The statment continued: “The agreement to tour was concluded by the two boards after various concerns were raised around the recent ICC Board meeting in London about the alleged conduct of CSA’s Chief Executive, Mr Haroon Lorgat, and recent comments made about the ICC Board by a former legal advisor to CSA, Mr David Becker.”
An ICC investigation into comments made by Mr Becker has been agreed and CSA have withdrawn Haroon Lorgat “from representing it (at the ICC’s Chief Executive’s Committee (or from acting in any other ICC-related matters), and CSA has also withdrawn him from having involvement in any aspect of CSA’s relationship with the BCCI, including but not limited to the upcoming tour.”
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Moves by the media to suggest a victory for the BCCI in having Lorgat removed were refuted by CSA in a later press release which reaffirmed that their chief executive had only been withdrawn as a result of his handling of the allegations contained in the Becker article.
“Mr. Lorgat remains Chief Executive of CSA and is responsible for all other areas of its operations,” the release stated. moreover Chris Nenzani added that Lorgat, “himself volunteered to withdraw from matters involving the ICC and the BCCI in his deliberations with the full Board at their meeting last Sunday.”
Whatever the real reason, the BCCI no longer have to talk to a man they have a history of bad blood with and CSA get their lucrative international fixtures. Their chief executive however cannot speak to the most powerful cricket nation on the planet - there only seems one loser.
James Buttler
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