The Citizen reports that local cricket fans who need a break from the shenanigans at Cricket South Africa (CSA) can be rest assured that the Proteas will play England later this month.  

The South African Cricketers Association (Saca) last week threatened the embattled federation with a potentially historic first industrial action by players due to the ongoing sidelining of the union in terms of representation at administrative level.  However, following a meeting of its player executive committee on Friday, it was decided that the full-fledged tour, which commences on 26 December with a four-Test series, was too important to place into jeopardy.  “Saca reiterates that industrial action by the players should be viewed only as a very last resort,” Tony Irish, Saca’s outgoing chief, indicated.  He added, however, that:  “It is abundantly clear that there is no confidence, from any quarter amongst cricket stakeholders, in the CSA board.”  Saca also called for the immediate canning of CSA’s planned domestic restructure, which could endanger 70 jobs, as well as full independent inquiries into CSA’s finances and the individuals responsible for the governance meltdown.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Heinz Schenk at The Citizen
• Read too, CSA suspends chief executive officer Thabang Moroe, at The Citizen

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