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NEIL MANTHORP: Cricket SA still stuck in pavilion over T20 Global League offer
Cricket SA’s administrators may have missed their own end-of-March deadline for finalising a strategy for the moribund T20 Global League, but it can still be salvaged — just. The new deadline is the end of April. An offer to purchase a majority share and run the league was made to Cricket SA more than six weeks ago and although communication has been a little thin and negotiations are yet to begin, it is surely just a matter of time before they do. Otherwise there can be no way of knowing how feasible or suitable the proposal is. A consortium backed by a multinational sports fund based in the Far East has made an offer, sources say. It is understood to be dealing in the sort of numbers quoted in the tournament’s original blueprint — more than $20m per year. Multiyear, multimillion arrangement The offer for a multiyear, multimillion arrangement was made that would have been beneficial to the two important stakeholders: Cricket SA and franchisee owners. Precise details of the relatio...
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