The inaugural T20 Global League is dead in the water‚ Cricket SA has confirmed. That means the major cricket ovals around the country could be deserted for the first half of the summer. The South African Cricketers’ Association has called for players to be compensated and for the saga to be investigated. Kevin Pietersen‚ who was to have been the Nelson Mandela Bay Stars’ marquee player‚ labelled the move a "disaster for SA sport". Cricket SA’s board held an emergency teleconference on Tuesday and decided to put the tournament‚ which was scheduled to have started on November 3‚ on ice for a year. On Friday, Cricket SA’s acting CE Thabang Moroe said the T20 Global League was set to lose $25m — more than half the board’s cash reserves. Even so‚ he promised: "We will start on November 3." But in a news media release on Tuesday‚ Moroe said: "Having discussed it with all our stakeholders, including the franchise owners, we believe that the interest of the league should be our first priori...
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