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/ 2 April 2008

Gibbs in trouble again

Test cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was on Wednesday found guilty of breaching Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) code of conduct and was severely reprimanded for his behaviour. Gibbs, opening batsman for the Nashua Cape Cobras, was found to have contravened clause 1.4 regulating players’ on-field conduct, the CSA said in a statement.

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/ 28 March 2008

ANC rejects motion of no confidence in cricket boss

Those persisting with efforts to move a motion of no confidence in Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse do not have the interests of transformation at heart, the African National Congress’s (ANC) Butana Komphela said on Friday. The ANC’s parliamentary sport and recreation study group rejected the idea of a motion of no confidence, Komphela said.

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/ 21 March 2008

Majola: Transformation is about targets

The adverse publicity surrounding the selection of the Proteas is a matter of concern to all cricket lovers, Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola said on Friday. Speaking at OR Tambo Airport ahead of the Proteas’ departure for a three-Test tour of India, Majola said it was disappointing that cricket was hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons.

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/ 19 March 2008

Monde in as selection row continues

Monde Zondeki was on Wednesday named as the replacement for fellow fast bowler Charl Langeveldt as the controversy over South Africa’s selection policy continued. Andre Nel, who was controversially left out for Langeveldt to conform with Cricket South Africa’s transformation policy, was again overlooked.

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/ 19 March 2008

Langeveldt pulls out of India tour

South Africa fast bowler Charl Langeveldt withdrew on Tuesday from next month’s tour to India after his selection had caused controversy. Langeveldt, who is black, was included in the squad earlier this month ahead of the white Andre Nel in accordance with Cricket South Africa’s racial transformation policy.

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/ 13 March 2008

Nel urged not to make hasty decisions

The chief executive of South Africa’s players’ association on Thursday urged axed fast bowler Andre Nel not to make a decision regarding his future in the heat of the moment. Nel was a controversial omission when South Africa’s squad for three Tests in India next month was announced on Tuesday.

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/ 28 February 2008

No end in sight to cricket spat

The row between Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse and chief executive Gerald Majola is likely to be a major item on the agenda at the meeting of the CSA general council on Friday. Senior members of the council are believed to be planning to introduce a motion of no confidence in Arendse.

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/ 28 February 2008

Boucher ‘an icon of the game’

Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola on Thursday congratulated Mark Boucher on reclaiming his world record as the most successful Test wicketkeeper of all time. Boucher contributed five dismissals to the Proteas’ victory in the first Test against Bangladesh, which finished in Dhaka on Monday, and has thus set a new mark of 418 dismissals.

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/ 27 February 2008

Govt throws weight behind Arendse

South Africa’s government threw its weight behind embattled Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Norman Arendse on Tuesday by calling for an increase in the number of black players in national teams. Arendse angered selectors and CSA chief executive Gerald Majola by vetoing the squad chosen by national selectors to tour Bangladesh.

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/ 16 February 2008

Arendse, Majola bury the hatchet

Cricket South Africa (CSA) President Norman Arendse and chief executive Gerald Majola officially buried the hatchet on Friday, after a week of turmoil in South African cricket. The two men issued a joint statement in which, among other things, they apologised to the people of South Africa for the row.

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/ 15 February 2008

Who will tame the tiger?

To the long list of people who would urge Norman Arendse rather to spend his considerable energies on saving the Bengal Tiger from a fate worse than the aphrodisiacs industry, add a frustrated woman. ”I’m so unpopular with my wife right now,” Arendse said this week in a brief aside from South African cricket’s affairs of state.

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/ 13 February 2008

Peterson replaces Harris in Proteas tour squad

Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson will replace Paul Harris in the South African squad to tour Bangladesh, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday. A CSA statement said Harris would miss the tour because of an abscess that required surgery. ”Robbie has shown excellent form in the SuperSport Series,” selection chief Joubert Strydom said in the statement.