LEFT ARM OVER
NEIL MANTHORP: Whiff of spitefulness as Cricket SA ignores own experts on extra franchise
Neil Manthorp explains why Cricket SA’s parochial, nonsensical decision smacks of vested interests
It was quite a week for South African cricket. A number of significant decisions were taken, and we are not talking about AB de Villiers’ laudably attacking instinct to keep the extra fielder in the circle during the middle overs against Sri Lanka at St George’s Park. Painfully dull as it can be to talk boardroom at a time when the team is playing such compelling cricket, sometimes it cannot be helped because the men and women who made the executive decisions affect the cricketing ones. Following the Cricket SA board meeting on Saturday, it was announced the existing franchise system of six teams would be retained. Cricket SA had commissioned a review of the domestic cricket structure and the findings had recommended the awarding of a seventh franchise. Cricket SA high-performance manager Corrie van Zyl presented a paper outlining his belief too many quality players are sitting on the sidelines at the existing franchises and that they need to be playing at the highest level to remai...
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