Bitter Past Experience Still Haunt CSA as it is Set to Launch New T20 League

Despite trying their level best to establish a new Twenty20 tournament, Cricket South Africa (CSA) repeatedly held back by what has happened in the past.

It was just a couple of weeks ago that CSA announced the new edition of the T20 tournament. It was slated to be held later in the year.

The situation materialized after the deal was stuck with broadcasting giant SuperSport. The stakeholders were left in a bit of wobble. It was after that they failed to clear the mess last year. Hence, the franchise owners and players are not ready to go away without a tiff.

In the last three month, there have been as many as eight franchise owners who have grown uncomfortable about the manner in which CSA has treated them.

The respective franchise has been pretty disappointed with the offer of the organization. It was just to cover 50 percent of the costs which they had incurred last year.

It was kept in the dark over the different prospects of the proposed league. If the current scenario prevails, things look destined to go to the court.

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“While we initially welcomed the news that the delayed inaugural tournament will finally be played during November and December 2018, we read to our disappointment. CSA has unilaterally decided to exclude the original franchise owners from participating in the new event,” Sameen Rana, chief executive of the Qalandars franchise said in a press release.

“Our lawyers will be engaging with CSA in order to get clarification regarding these new developments. It will be done with a view of charting a course forward which sees Qalandars’ participation in the new event. We have been waiting patiently for communication from CSA,” he added.

Sameen won the right to operate in Durban.

“However since the tournament was postponed last year, the interaction between CSA and the owners has been almost non-existent,” he remarked.

Qalandars are not alone:

It was learnt as per reports in Cricbuzz that the Qalandars are not alone.

“The new tournament came as news to us. I guess that we’re going to be seeing them in court,” he asserted.

In addition, it was revealed by another source. It was learnt that Acting Chief Executive Thabang Moroe was on the verge of paying each franchise owners $180,000 and their expenses. It would have been done as a gesture of showing their goodwill.

If the calculations will be multiplied by six franchises, CSA in all have lost a total of $1.44 million.

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