South Africa to introduce racial quotas for nat’l team

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CAPE TOWN, July 26, (Agencies): Cricket South Africa (CSA), will formally introduce racial quotas at national team level, the board said on Tuesday.

The organisation has come under fire from the South African government for a lack of transformation in its national teams, leading to a ban on bidding for international tournaments that will be reviewed next year.

President Chris Nenzani said in a statement CSA will seek to “move with the times” and set a minimum number of black players to be selected in all their national teams.

He added that these “targets” would be calculated over a year and not apply on a match-by-match basis.

“In the past we had never set targets in our national teams but with changing circumstances we feel it is essential to move with the times,” Nenzani said.

“The precise targets will depend on India’s Ravichandran Ashwin plays a shot from the bowling of West Indies’ captain Jason Holder during day two of their first cricket Test match at the Sir Vivian

Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua on July 22. (AP)