In a shock announcement that has rocked SA cricket this week, the Warriors have been successfully demoted from the 1-Day Cup playoffs after failing to fulfill the required quota goal.
As per CSA laws, groups will need to have six gamers of color of their beginning groups, three of whom should be black Africans.
However, in a key recreation in opposition to the Dolphins final month, the Warriors apparently didn’t talk their incapacity to subject three black gamers (they solely performed two), and CSA subsequently determined to dock factors that compelled them to overlook out on a spot within the playoffs.
It has led to a widespread backlash in numerous corners of South African sport, particularly throughout social media, the place former Springbok AJ Venter made his views on the matter clear.
“Race laws are alive and well in South Africa,” the 25-cap former Springbok commented. “Worth noting that the coach is not white, he is a man of colour and ex-international cricket legend.”
Venter was referring to Warriors coach Robin Peterson, who apparently needed to take the choice determination attributable to ‘cricket reasons’.
“The pitch, on the day, wasn’t going to be conducive for fast bowlers and we needed a spinner,” Eastern Province Cricket president Donovan May defined in an interview with Media24.
“We didn’t have one other black spinner, however we had a colored spin bowler, together with an academy participant who has a future forward of him.
“We submitted the team sheets to the transformation committee and, later in the day, we received a call that explained that we breached the administrative rules.”
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sinethemba Qeshile and all-rounder Andile Mokgakane have been the Warriors’ solely two black African gamers to take the sector, however the incapacity to subject the required quantity has now price them a coveted spot within the playoffs. Apparently a high quality of R500,000 has additionally been handed down for failing to fulfill the quota.
Are you stunned that that is nonetheless a prevalent concern in SA sport?
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