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NEIL MANTHORP: Crunch time for SA to decide on future of Global League
Some of the hardest and most important decisions in the history of South African cricket will be made on Tuesday. It requires no stretching of the imagination to see the game, domestically and internationally, being changed not just for decades to come, but forever. Cricket SA’s board of directors and its entire members council will meet to decide on the way forward for the Global League – if there is a way forward. Simply put, they have three choices: postpone the inaugural season by a year; dissolve it completely; or revisit and rework as much of the finances and logistics as possible. At this stage, sustainability and profitability are beyond the horizon.The first two options would destroy the league’s credibility and make a relaunch at a later date almost impossible. It would also mean an indefinite reliance on income from bilateral tours for survival. Bilateral series are dying out, as we know, and with India’s Board of Control for Cricket cynically changing or cancelling fixtu...
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