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M Vijay, Vijay Shankar return to TN squad

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The latest news and updates from the Ranji Trophy season

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Oct-2017M Vijay, Vijay Shankar return to TN squadTamil Nadu will be strengthened by the return of M Vijay and Vijay Shankar for their third-round game against Mumbai at the Bandra-Kurla Complex. Vijay, who missed Tamil Nadu’s previous game against Tripura with a stiff neck, will slot in at the opening position alongside captain Abhinav Mukund, while Shankar is expected to replace J Kousik in the eleven. Baba Aparajith also returns to the side after being part of the India A team that played New Zealand A recently.Vijay had played Tamil Nadu’s season-opener against Andhra and scored 4 and 55. He also had a brief injury scare when he retired hurt in the second innings after spraining his ankle. Vijay, however, returned to bat on the last day, and brought up his first fifty-plus score in first-class cricket since his 82 against Australia in March. Shankar is coming off a good run of form, having scored an unbeaten 47 and a 33-ball 61 against New Zealand A in the third and the fourth ODI respectively.Aparajith, too, has been in among the runs lately. He began the season with a fifty and a century against Andhra before going away to play the fourth and fifth one-dayers against New Zealand.Venugopal Rao opts out of remainder of Ranji seasonVeteran batsman Venugopal Rao has opted out of the rest of the season for Andhra citing personal reasons. Rao made 3 in the only game he played against Tamil Nadu. Andhra Cricket Association general secretary Ch. Arun Kumar has said the team would miss his services.”The absence of Mr .Y.Venugopala Rao will be felt by the team, but we have to respect the feelings of the player who was former captain of Andhra Ranji Team and India International,” he said.The selection committee, chaired by V Satya Prasad, has named batsman N Jyothi Sai Krishna as replacement for Rao for the remainder of the games.Rahul, Nair added to Karnataka squadKL Rahul and Karun Nair have been named in Karnataka’s squad for the third round of Ranji Trophy matches beginning October 24, against Hyderabad in Shimoga. Both of them were part of the Board President’s XI squad for the two warm-up fixtures against New Zealand that were played on October 17 and 19.Rahul, who has been left out of the New Zealand ODIs, struck a 68 in the first warm-up game in Mumbai on Tuesday. Nair, who led India A in the two unofficial Tests against New Zealand A made 78 and 53 in the two games.
“Having Rahul and Karun is a big boost for Karnataka,” R Vinay Kumar, the Karnataka captain, said. “Rahul has cemented his place in the Indian team while Karun is also doing well. The sight of their names on the team sheet will put opponents under pressure.”Umesh, Karn bolster VidarbhaFast bowler Umesh Yadav, who was left out from India’s squad for the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand, and legspinner Karn Sharma, who moved from Railways, are set to play for Vidarbha in their second match of the season against Chhattisgarh in Nagpur.Umesh last represented Vidarbha in the quarterfinals last season when his side was toppled by Saurashtra. Karn’s recent form bodes well for Vidarbha: since the start of the Duleep Trophy, he has bagged 31 wickets in four first-class matches, including three five-wicket hauls.Vidarbha had opened their Ranji campaign by securing an innings victory over Punjab last week.

Financial threat to obstructionist counties

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Counties delaying the ECB’s plans for a new domestic T20 competition could be penalised according to a new document circulated by the ECB

George Dobell10-Mar-2017Counties delaying the ECB’s plans for a new domestic T20 competition could be penalised according to a new document circulated by the ECB.While the ECB has previously guaranteed counties a minimum payment of £1.3m a year, they have now warned that only those counties which have signed their media rights over to the ECB will be eligible for such a fee. “Each First-class county which has signed the media deed would receive a guaranteed minimum annual sum,” the document states.They have not provided a deadline for the agreement but it could be interpreted as an attempt to ramp up the pressure on counties with reservations over the ECB’s plans ahead of what might well prove to be a pivotal vote.County chief executives and chairmen meet on March 27 when they will discuss a proposed change to the constitution of the ECB. The current constitution states that: “The board shall not have the power to deprive a first-class county club of the right to participate in all first-class county competitions authorised by the ECB.”If the new competition is to be authorised, two-thirds of those first-class counties will have to agree that such wording is changed to allow competitions that do not involve all 18 counties. It is anticipated that the vote will take place in April.It also transpires that county players appearing in the new competition will have to repay some of their salary to their counties. And, while it has previously become apparent that England’s Test players will not be available to appear in the competition, they will be used in the marketing and promotion of the competition.The key points are these:

  • Test matches will be played during the window for the new competition. The document says this means: “Test Players are not anticipated to play in the new competition if selected in the relevant Test squads.”
  • The intended start date of the new competition is July 24, 2020, with the final scheduled for August 30. The Blast is likely to begin at the end of May.
  • The competition will consist of 36 games played in a 38-day window. Every game will be televised and each team will host four games.
  • The domestic 50-over competition will continue at the same time despite the absence of the best 96 limited-overs cricketers; an average of five per county. That means, according to the ECB document, that “there is likely to be a requirement to play at out-grounds for counties whose venues are used by new teams.”
  • County coaches are to be made available to coach the new teams if their county employers are willing to release them.
  • Each of the eight new teams will have a 15-man squad for the new competition. There will be three overseas players per squad.
  • Each team is to have a set player budget to be spent in the draft and, at the draft, 13 players will be selected per team. Two players per squad will be deemed “wildcards” and will be selected after the group stages of the T20 Blast (the existing T20 competition contested by all 18 counties). The intention, the ECB states, is “to reward in-form players not originally picked up in the draft and to link the narrative between the Blast and the new competition.”
  • There will be six salary bands (A-F, with A the most expensive) with two players selected per team from each band, apart from the lowest band (F) from which three will be selected. Teams will draw lots before each round of the draft to determine who gets first pick. There will be a 24-hour trade period following the draft so teams can swap one or two players from within the same group. Overseas players will be able to pick a salary level at A, B and D grades only.
  • It is proposed that teams could retain a maximum of eight players and a minimum of four players into the second year of the competition.
  • It is the “the strong recommendation” of the marketing companies involved in the launch of the competition that it features “new team (i.e. non-county based) brands, to drive reappraisal and differentiation from existing cricket.”
  • All commercial and ticketing matters will be centrally organised. Revenues will be taken centrally. Venues will be paid a staging fee and be allowed to keep hospitality and catering revenue.
  • Venues will be chosen according to their capacity, transport links, catchment area, facilities and relationship with their local authority.
  • A new sub-committee of the ECB Board, comprising a chairperson and independent directors bringing specialist skills would oversee the tournament design and implementation. A new central division within the ECB would be formed to run the tournament.

Smith warms up for Test with 117

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Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns survived a tense period late in the evening after Steven Smith earlier struck a century in the Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Oct-2016
ScorecardSteven Smith made 117 for New South Wales•Getty Images

Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns survived a tense period late in the evening after Steven Smith earlier struck a century in the Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba. Mitchell Starc was also able to deliver six challenging overs before stumps in the day-night match, as he aims to prove his fitness to selectors ahead of the first Test against South Africa.The squad for the Perth Test is due to be named on Friday and there were a number of fascinating sub-plots on offer at the Gabba. One of the most notable was the desire for runs from Burns and Khawaja, both of whom were dropped after two Tests on Australia’s recent tour of Sri Lanka, and both of whom are hoping for reinstatement for the home summer.However, they had to wait until late in the day for their chance after Khawaja won the toss and sent New South Wales in to bat. David Warner missed out on the opportunity for a big innings against the pink ball, caught behind off the bowling of former Test fast man Peter George for 12, and his opening partner Ed Cowan also departed cheaply for 10.But Smith and Kurtis Patterson were then able to compile a hefty 228-run third-wicket stand, which ended when Smith was bowled by Luke Feldman for 117. Patterson brought up his fifth first-class hundred before falling for 111, also to Feldman, who troubled several batsmen with the pink ball as the Gabba lights came on in the evening and finished with 5 for 68.Smith declared at 7 for 327, which meant Queensland’s top order would face a difficult 13-over period before stumps against the Test team’s new-ball combination of Starc and Josh Hazlewood. Opener Charlie Hemphrey was bowled by Hazlewood for a duck in the second over of the innings, which brought Khawaja to the crease to join Burns.The moving ball under lights proved a challenge for Burns and Khawaja, but both men made it safely to stumps, giving themselves a chance of a big innings on day two to impress the selectors. At the WACA Shaun Marsh, who had come in for the third Test in Colombo and scored a century, made 73 for Western Australia in his return from a hamstring injury; at the Gabba Burns finished on 21 not out and Khawaja on 18.It was not only the Queensland batsmen who wanted a strong performance ahead of the Test squad selection: Starc needed to convince the selectors of his fitness in his first match back having last month had 30 stitches in his left shin following a horror training mishap. Starc bowled six of the 13 overs Queensland faced late on day one, and took 0 for 26.

SA buoyed by de Villiers' Wankhede affair

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South Africa’s T20I captain Faf du Plessis believes his team is in a good space heading into the World T20, thanks mainly to the form of AB de Villiers, and the familiarity of the conditions at the Wankhede Stadium

Arun Venugopal in Mumbai17-Mar-2016Wankhede Stadium. Twenty20 centuries. AB de Villiers 1- Chris Gayle 1.While Gayle grooved his way to an undefeated hundred in his first T20I game at the venue on Wednesday, de Villiers’ T20 ton, a frenetic 59-ball razzle dazzle, had come last year in an IPL game here. The reason why it seems like a faint speck in the memory vault is because of what de Villiers did in his next match at the Wankhede five months later.In October last year, de Villiers’ 119 off 61 balls helped South Africa rack up 438, beat India by 215 runs and clinch the ODI series 3-2. That knock even proved to be the trigger for a tiff between India’s team director, Ravi Shastri, and the curator.England’s bowlers have the unenviable prospect of dealing with Gayle and de Villiers inside three nights. If de Villiers lines up an appropriate riposte to Gayle’s masterclass, they could be at the receiving end of his third successive hundred in Mumbai. Jos Buttler felt they were “two great players,” and that de Villiers’s relatively wider range of shots was offset by Gayle’s power.In contrast, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis did not dwell too much upon their contrasting styles, but weighed in on what made de Villiers the dangerous batsman he was. “The fact that what makes him [AB] so good is he doesn’t rely on one or two areas,” du Plessis said. “And generally that comes with more on difficult wickets. As a batsman the more options you have [the more] you can be successful.”He also drew parallels in the way both the batsmen went about plundering runs in unhurried fashion. “Obviously Chris has been a master T20 batsman out for a while. All the IPLs here, he has worked hard when to go and when not to go,” he said. “That [being in the zone] happens a lot more [to him] than it does for us normal people. That’s his key as a batsman. You can almost hear from the side when it is coming. He just sits and waits, and at the specific bowler on the day he targets him.”But [Gayle and de Villiers are] two completely different players, and both need the same [qualities], I suppose, to succeed. There has to be an element of setting yourself up as a batter. You never really see Chris go from ball one and start smashing. That’s the same with AB. He plays at his best when he assesses the conditions and sees what the bowlers are all about and when he gets that sniff he becomes really hard to bowl to.”South Africa have won only one of the four ODIs they have played at the Wankhede and will be playing their first T20I at the venue on Friday before taking on Afghanistan on Sunday. But du Plessis has pleasant recollections of the stadium as well, having scored a century along with de Villiers the last time South Africa played here. He reckoned it was the best place to launch their campaign given the similarities of its conditions with those back home, and that spinners might not have a big say.Faf du Plessis – “Wankhede is so much very close to our conditions back home so it’s a great place to start”•AFP

“Wankhede is so much very close to our conditions back home so it’s a great place to start, obviously the people, great crowd. I suppose you can compare it to the Wanderers in South Africa. Not a lot of our guys would have had the opportunity to play T20 cricket on a stadium like this, so we are really.”I do feel that this is one of the grounds in India where there is a bit in it for the bowlers as well. There is a bit of bounce, bit of swing, ball travels, the wicket is good. The spinner is not as much as in the game as they would be in other grounds in India. We had a warm-up game here and we have a pretty good idea what will work.”In the lead-up to the World T20 South Africa have alternated between Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock to open with de Villiers. Du Plessis admitted he had not worked out exactly what combination to field on Friday, and said the batting order was unlikely to remain the same throughout the tournament. “I have to look at different grounds and different conditions and see almost where the danger period of the game lies in and where it is the easiest time to bat,” he said.”For me the most pleasing thing is the fact that we have got guys in form. We have said before that we will try and adapt our batting line up to see which guys are in form and try and put them into different places. I don’t think it will be fixed in the World Cup. Obviously it’s different playing our first two games here at Wankhede and then we are in to Nagpur which is obviously a completely different wicket. Then we will have to see if we want to change our batting line up.”Du Plessis was also quite satisfied with South Africa’s white-ball form going into the tournament, despite losing the T20 series against Australia. “If you have guys in form it generally takes stress off your performances as individuals and players. Generally 90-95 percent of the squad feels like they are playing really good cricket,” he said.”We have been consistent as a team, I think we are No.2 in the world now. For me it’s really important when you come to these [tournaments] you have to put yourself as one, two or three. That shows you are consistent. The teams that have won the World T20s have been sides that have been right up with their performance throughout the year or two leading up to the tournament.”He was, however, wary of potential banana peels in their way after what happened to India against New Zealand in the opening match of the Super 10s, and said South Africa could ill afford to be complacent given the brevity of the tournament. “You can never ever disrespect any other team no matter how small they might look. I certainly learned the hard way in the 2011 World Cup. New Zealand looked like they were the minnows, they didn’t play their best cricket and they smashed us in the quarterfinal. I have learnt that never again you can look at a team like that.”

Rohit sets target, Johnson kills chase

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Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik carried Mumbai Indians to their third win in four games and the top of the table

The Report by Sidharth Monga13-Apr-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Rohit Sharma scored 47 off the last 15 balls he faced•BCCI

Even as Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar take their time to bed in as an opening combination, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik carried Mumbai Indians to their third win in four games and the top of the table.Tendulkar finally arrived, in particular with four consecutive boundaries off Ashok Dinda, but the openers fell in quick succession, and it needed a flourish of 65 runs in the last four overs for Mumbai to feel comfortable with the target. Dinda was the victim again as he equalled the most expensive IPL figures by going for 63 runs in his four overs. Mitchell Johnson, then, did the exact opposite by swinging his way through the Pune Warriors top order, which all but sealed the win.With a mix of swagger and desperation, Tendulkar finally got going with his 44 off 29, but Ponting continued to struggle and finished with yet another effort at under a run a ball, taking his tournament tally to 48 at an average of 12 and a strike rate of 73. Around him, though, Tendulkar caused mayhem, especially with Dinda, one of the five bowlers used in the first five overs.Left-arm spin, though, worked for Pune: Aaron Finch began the innings with a three-run over, and Yuvraj Singh got Ponting first ball when introduced in the eighth over. Finch accounted for Tendulkar, who holed out at long-on, in the next over, and Mumbai were 60 for 2 in the ninth. They now needed a bit of rebuilding, which Karthik and Rohit did, but without sacrificing the scoring rate.Karthik equalled the highest run-getter of the tournament with a pulled four off Yuvraj in the 12th over, and then claimed the orange cap with an inside-out four next ball. However, just when the two looked set for the final flourish with a 55-run stand, Karthik fell to the first ball after the second timeout. Mitchell Marsh, introduced just then, came up with the perfect offcutter first up.Rohit, just 15 off 16 then, was ready to strike, and Kieron Pollard was the perfect foil. It was Dinda who let them off the hook decisively with a gentle length ball in the 17th over. Rohit smacked it over long-off, and the flood gates opened. The next one was a slower no-ball, and it sailed over long-on. In the next over, Marsh got the treatment: a four and a six from Pollard, followed by a four and a six from Rohit.Angelo Mathews bowled a fine 19th over, for just nine runs, but handed the ball over to Dinda for the 20th, and Rohit feasted with yet another brace of sixes. The first of those brought up his fifty; in all he looted 47 off the last 15 balls he played. Still, on a flat pitch with short boundaries, this was not a safe total. Mumbai could do with a bit of Johnson.And Johnson it was then with a fast, full, spearing delivery to knock Finch’s middle stump back first ball. In his next over, he demolished Robin Uthappa’s off stump. In between the two events, Uthappa had run Ross Taylor out. At 13 for 3 in the third over, there was too much left for the rest to do.

Tanvir signs for Worcestershire

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Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistan fast bowler, has joined Worcestershire for this season’s Friends Life t20, taking the place of offspinner Saeed Ajmal

ESPNcricinfo staff12-May-2012Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistan fast bowler, has joined Worcestershire for this season’s Friends Life t20, taking the place of offspinner Saeed Ajmal who had pulled out due to international commitments.Earlier this week Tanvir, 27, was recalled to the Pakistan Twenty20 side for next month’s series against Sri Lanka. He had been part of Pakistan’s run to the final in the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007, and their title win in England two years later.This year he helped Lions reach the final of South Africa’s domestic T20 competition, and captained his home side Rawalpindi Rams in the Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup. Tanvir has taken 83 wickets in his Twenty20 career, and his 6 for 14 against Chennai Super Kings in the first season of the IPL are the second-best figures in the format.Steve Rhodes, Worcestershire director of cricket, was happy with the signing. “Sohail is an ideal replacement for Saeed Ajmal because Saeed was a tremendous bowler at the death and this is the type of role we want Sohail to play,” Rhodes said. “Added to his bowling skills, he also has the ability to hit the ball hard which is an obvious asset at the end of our innings.”Edited by Siddarth Ravindran

Jimmy Adams' fifty guides Hampshire to victory

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Jimmy Adams, the highest run-maker in the Friends Provident t20, took his aggregate to 551 as Hampshire coasted to a six-wicket victory over Middlesex at Uxbridge which boosts their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals

11-Jul-2010

ScorecardJimmy Adams, the highest run-maker in the Friends Provident t20, took his aggregate to 551 as Hampshire coasted to a six-wicket victory over Middlesex at Uxbridge which boosts their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.Owais Shah hit 80 off only 52 balls with five sixes and five fours for Middlesex, but he got scant support and Hampshire were always on course for a target of 165 once some sloppy fielding had helped Adams and Michael Carberry put on 89 in 10 overs for the first wicket.Carberry, badly dropped at backward square leg off Gareth Berg when he had made 13, scored 41 off 28 balls with two sixes and four fours before he cut Shah’s first ball to backward point and Adams, put down at short third man off Neil Dexter on 45, had made 64 off 44 balls with 10 fours when he hoisted Berg to long on.Hampshire stumbled briefly when James Vince sliced Berg to short extra cover and Abdul Razzaq ran himself out but Sean Ervine and Neil McKenzie saw them home with nine balls to spare.The conditions were made for high scoring with the pitch flat and the parched outfield fast and bumpy but Middlesex made a sluggish start after wining the toss. Dexter was caught at extra cover off Chris Wood in the second over, David Warner struggled to 18 off 17 balls before pushing Dan Christian to mid-off and Dawid Malan soon pulled Ervine to deep square leg.Scott Newman then fell leg before to Dominic Cork, Berg lifted Danny Briggs to mid-wicket and Tyron Henderson drove an Ervine full toss to long off to leave Middlesex struggling at 105 for six in the 16th over before their innings gathered any real momentum.Shah cut loose in the next over, reaching his 50 off 39 balls with two sixes and five fours and going on to make another 30 off only 13 balls, with three more sixes before holing out to long off trying to hit Wood for another six off the last ball of the innings.Ben Scott, who has returned to Middlesex after a loan spell with Worcestershire, joined him in a partnership of 59 – a record for Middlesex’s seventh wicket in this competition – in only four overs but a total of 164 for 7 was never going to be enough.

Greg Smith hundred gives Derbyshire the lead

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Glamorgan’s satisfaction at removing Derbyshire batting star Chris Rogers
cheaply melted in the spring sunshine as Greg Smith marked his 100th first-class
innings with a century

22-Apr-2010

ScorecardGarry Park weighed in with a crucial fifty•Getty Images

Glamorgan’s satisfaction at removing Derbyshire batting star Chris Rogers
cheaply melted in the spring sunshine as Greg Smith marked his 100th first-class
innings with a century.Smith and Garry Park turned 27 this week and the pair celebrated by sharing a
fifth-wicket stand of 156. The home side had been on the ropes at 65 for 4 when Rogers fell for 28, but by the close Smith’s unbeaten 121 had lifted Derbyshire to 285 for 9, a lead
of 13.Although they hit back by taking five wickets in the last session, the visitors
certainly missed the quality and experience of Robert Croft, who was not
selected.His absence was not felt in the morning when Glamorgan claimed four wickets,
but his guile would have presented Smith and Park with more searching questions
in the post-lunch session which belonged to the two South Africans.They had come together when Glamorgan were scenting a decent first-innings lead
after the seamers had landed some early blows. Tom Lungley’s role as nightwatchman ended in the third over when he pushed forward at David Harrison and was caught behind for a single, while Wayne Madsen went in the next over, snared down the leg side for 3 as he flicked at Huw Waters.Waters bowled a good line at Rogers but Derbyshire’s skipper had put the
innings back on track with the help of Paul Borrington when Glamorgan struck
twice in consecutive overs.Borrington had shown good judgement and was unlucky when he was superbly caught
at gully by Dean Cosker for 27 off a short and wide ball from Chris Ashling. But the wicket Glamorgan most wanted came in the 26th over when Rogers was lbw as he tried to work Jim Allenby off his legs.Allenby had been one of Glamorgan’s best bowlers but the all-rounder was not
called on after lunch as Smith and Park batted their team back into the
contest. Smith had pulled Ashling for six but the pair seized the initiative back by
sensible accumulation against an attack which lacked penetration.They added 95 between lunch and tea before they were parted. Mark Cosgrove was the eighth bowler Glamorgan had tried and he delivered by yorking Park, who faced 164 balls for his 61.John Sadler was caught behind for 10 off Cosker before Smith reached his third
Championship hundred off 183 balls and then watched as Glamorgan belatedly took
the new ball and claimed three wickets in 18 deliveries to leave the contest
finely poised.

Southern Brave make history with 100% league record

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Lauren Bell triggers 8 for 27 collapse to consign Welsh Fire to bottom of the pile

ECB Media28-Aug-2025Southern Brave 106 for 8 (Adams 30*, Matthews 2-16) beat Welsh Fire 77 for 9 (Beaumont 28, Bell 4-6) by 29 runsIn the final match before The Hundred Eliminator on Saturday – and with the teams already inked in for that game, which will decide who takes on the Southern Brave in Sunday’s final – this top versus bottom clash was a chance for the home side to maintain their unbeaten record, a feat never before achieved in The Hundred, or for the Fire to find a spark from the dying embers of their campaign.And it looked for all the world like the visitors would do just that, a disciplined bowling performance restricting an experimental Brave batting line-up to just 106 for 8. It took skipper Georgia Adams’ resolute unbeaten innings (30 off 26) to get them up to that mark, with no batter able to break the shackles imposed by Hayley Matthews and Katie Levick.The Fire, low on confidence as they doubtless were, will have gone in at the break believing they could chalk up a statement victory.For the home side, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (24 off 23) and Freya Kemp (18 off 19) were the only other batters to manage double figures, while Sophie Devine’s appearance at No.8 showed that the Brave were looking to give some other batters time at the crease before Sunday’s high-stakes final.A sprightly start by Sophia Dunkley and Tammy Beaumont (28 off 29) did nothing to dispel the Fire’s belief but slowly, surely, the Brave’s superb and well-marshalled bowling attack started to turn the screw. 50 for 1 in 56 balls became 56 for 5 in 68 and the Fire had lost four wickets for six runs in 13 deliveries as a slow and low pitch made strokeplay difficult. The Brave, brimming with confidence, took full toll.Freya Kemp’s brilliant run out of Georgia Elwiss, who had just hit the Fire’s first boundary for 40 balls, was the icing on the cake and Fire’s race was run shortly after.Lauren Bell continued an outstanding tournament by finishing with the stunning figures of 4 for 6 off her full allocation – becoming this year’s leading wicket-taker in the process – as the Fire limped to 77 for 9, having lost eight wickets for 27, to lose by 29 runs.Meerkat Match Hero Lauren Bell said: “It’s been a really good tournament and I feel in a good place. We bowled exceptionally as a unit; we talk about how dots are really important and we fielded great – we are an unbelievable fielding unit.”It’s massive to get eight from eight and we can take that momentum into the final now. We didn’t want to slip up here, and at Lord’s on Sunday we’ll keep our plans really clear, keep doing the basics and enjoy the day.”

Forensic report reveals Thabang Moroe's financial misconduct

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According to the report, he had breached the Companies’ Act several times, bringing CSA into disrepute

Firdose Moonda05-Oct-2020Thabang Moroe, Cricket South Africa’s former CEO, was found to have breached the Companies’ Act several times, bringing the organisation into disrepute and failing to act in its best interests, according to a forensic report, the summary of which was made public on Monday morning. The report also listed incidents in which CSA’s acting president Beresford Williams, the entire CSA board and former independent board member Iqbal Khan were in contravention of the Act.The full report remains under restricted access with CSA’s lawyers, Bowman’s, and anyone who wants to view is required to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). That includes members of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), the umbrella body under which all sports federations in the country operate. SASCOC has demanded to see the full report and that CSA’s board and executive step aside while it conducts an investigation into CSA’s administrative and legal affairs. CSA’s refusal to grant SASCOC’s requests had them referred to the country’s sports’ ministry last week and could still result in further action.Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa met with CSA last week and gave them until Tuesday to comply with SASCOC. CSA is also scheduled to appear before the parliamentary portfolio committee for sport, art and culture tomorrow, and the forensic report is expected to be among the main topics of discussion.Moroe was also found to have not kept CSA’s board informed of developments at the Western Province and North West unions, the two affiliates with which CSA exercised step-in rights, including the dissolution of the provincial boards. In the Western Province case, Williams and Khan were both found to have had a conflict of interest by being present at a meeting in which CSA approved a loan to Western Province, thereby contravening the Companies’ Act.The most serious findings against Moroe relate to finances. He used his CSA credit card for irregular purchases of alcohol to the value of R64,830.50 (USD 3,952 approx), and acquired the services of a company (listed only as Service Provider X) for R3,019,244.82 (USD 183,068 approx) without following procurement procedures. The report also found that no service from that company was delivered to CSA, and oversaw a commercial deal with Global Sports Commerce (GSC) for the MSL, which resulted in major financial losses for CSA. While no details are available in the summary of the report about Service Provider X or the kind of service it was due to provide to CSA, more is known about GSC.ALSO READ: CSA, SASCOC at impasse over forensic report disclosure disagreementThe company is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in Johannesburg and it is the official broadcast and commercial partner for the MSL, which means that it was part of GSC’s job to on-sell television rights for the MSL. A due diligence report was not presented to CSA’s board on GSC, and Moroe and former chief operating officer Naasei Appiah (who has been dismissed and is appealing) had also failed to obtain a bank guarantee from GSC. CSA’s board approved the agreement with GSC without the due diligence report and has been found to be in breach of their fiduciary duties while the agreement with GSC led to losses of R12,370,691 (USD 754,135 approx) over the 2019 MSL season. Moroe was found to have failed to “act with the degree of care, skill and diligence that may be reasonably expected of a person carrying out,” his function (that of CEO) in relation to the deal. CSA also entered into a production agreement with GSC, which was initially only for the inaugural edition of the MSL but was renewed for four more years.The process of securing that deal was also improperly conducted, according to the report, thereby adding to Moroe’s contraventions.CSA has not been able to “investigate, corroborate or clarify in its totality” the report as yet, according to a statement by John Mogodi, a non-independent director on CSA’s board. “While we are not claiming the report to be inaccurate, it is important to understand that the forensic analysis is a single-sided report, and not all of the individuals or parties mentioned, have had the opportunity to provide responses to the findings as yet,” Mogodi’s statement read. That indicates CSA may yet conduct further enquiries before acting on the report.However, CSA decided to release the summary of the report following weeks of pressure. The board said of its decision to release the summary of the report: “[Following] requests from the Ministry of Sports, Art and Culture, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), members of the media, and concerns from sponsors and employees about the contents of the Fundudzi Forensic Report, CSA has, with legal counsel, decided to make a summary forensic report available to all stakeholders, including cricket-loving members of the public, via the media and other distribution channels.”