NEIL MANTHORP: Covid-19 allows Cricket SA to dodge a bullet
If changes are not made in the time of the coronavirus, there may not be a game left to administer
Inappropriate as it may feel to talk of luck and fortune in these troubling times, the truth is that Cricket SA may have dodged the financial bullet which has been heading to a spot between its eyes for 18 months. Covid-19 has given them the chance to make sure the sidestep is permanent.
The structure of the domestic game needs to be changed drastically and urgently. Below the existing six franchises sit another 15 provinces and, below them there are 15 provincial academies. Below them on the Cricket SA pyramid are 57 hubs designed to identify new, young talent and provide an “entry point” into the game...
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