Professional cricket in SA has had to dig itself out of many administrative collapses over the past 26 years of the unified era.

Rushes of blood to the head and administrators that go out to bat with self-interest and, in some cases, questionable intent have meant the council and boards governing the game have barely ever acted as team looking to post a total on the board that the game at large can be comfortable defending. But the current collapse threatens the very existence of the game in the professional era. ..

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