The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has written to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa claiming that it had met with "serious resistance" from Cricket South Africa (CSA) over an attempt to investigate the issues in cricketThe crisis in South African cricket deepened on Tuesday when it was revealed that the country’s sports minister had been asked to get involved in the administrative problems affecting the sport. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has written to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa claiming that it had met with "serious resistance" from Cricket South Africa (CSA) over an attempt to investigate the issues in cricket. The latest move could put CSA's membership of the International Cricket Council in jeopardy because the ICC's constitution forbids government interference in its member bodies. No local or international fixtures for the 2020/21 season have yet been announced by CSA, although the South African cricket season traditionally starts in October. Sascoc, an umbrella body for all elite sporting codes in South Africa, demanded earlier this month that the board of CSA step aside to allow an independent task team to investigate cricket's administrative and financial affairs.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2020 12:00 UTC