Cricket South Africa are not pleased with Australia’s decision to postpone their tour to the Rainbow Nation and have written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) seeking the governing body for redressal following the visitor's withdrawal at the very last moment. As per the original schedule, Australia were slated to tour South Africa for a three-match Test series on February 2021 but their withdrawal has meant huge financial consequences for the home cricket board who have been under turbulent wanters in the past couple of years.
On the advice of medical experts, Cricket Australia made the decision to visit South Africa despite the home team’s government doing its best to keep COVID in check.
Cricket South Africa further added that they felt hard done by Australia especially after they complied with all the safety demands made by the touring country. However, they were not even consulted before Cricket Australia decided to cancel their tour.
“There’s got to be some understanding of how we manage the impact to less-wealthy nations,” Stavros Nicolaou, the chairman of CSA’s interim board was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
“Unilateral decisions of this nature are punitive to less-wealthy cricket-playing nations and there has to be some discussion around redress.”
Meanwhile, Australia had also pulled out of tours against West Indies, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and New Zealand after the pandemic. However, they played against England away from home and against India in a historic series at home.
CA chief Nicky Hockley stated last week that he backed the decision to postpone the South Africa tour. “Weight of medical advice and our duty of care to players and staff meant we were really left with no alternative,” he said.
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