The tournament formerly known as the T20 Global League (T20GL) hit rock bottom — again — this week when SuperSport pulled out of its equity deal with Cricket SA. That promises to either derail the yet-to-launch competition for the second consecutive year or condemn it to a significantly more modest version of what was originally planned. "SuperSport [on Tuesday] announced that it will not be pursuing a proposed shareholding agreement with Cricket SA for its domestic T20 tournament‚" the broadcaster said. This would seem to fly in the face of earlier pronouncements by Cricket SA‚ which said on July 16: "Cricket SA has in writing thanked all prospective buyers for their interest in the league and have also communicated their decision in selecting the SuperSport equity model." The next day‚ in his first media conference as Cricket SA CEO‚ Thabang Moroe said: "We reached finality in terms of the equity deal with SuperSport." All of which was undone‚ publicly at least‚ on Tuesday‚ when S...
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