Mzansi Super League cancelled by Cricket South Africa due to Covid complications

Cricket South Africa has to once again cancel the upcoming edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) scheduled for February 2022 due to the Covid-19 compilations, leading to logistical problems.  

In an official press release, CSA said, “We can confirm that the league has been called off owing to the COVID 19 environment which has made it difficult to maintain the brand proposition of being the premium international T20 tournament, due to increased travel restrictions as imposed by many nations on South Africa since the discovery of Omicron variant of the virus.”

Citing other reasons for their decision-making, the South African cricket body said that restrictions such as stricter travel possibilities, the Bio-Secure Environment frustrations, fear of the new variant, and the weak Rand/US Dollar exchange rate have made it impossible to maintain the elite stature of the league and hence they were compelled to cancel it. 

This is the second year in a row that the board ad to cancel the league and in its place, it has decided to fill the window with the domestic CSA T20 Challenge which was also played last year. 

Pholetsi Moseki, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Cricket South Africa said, “The decision to cancel the 2021 edition of the MSL is meant to allow CSA and its strategic partners to revamp and review the tournament post-Covid-19 to regain its market and commercial position. "

"For its purposes, the MSL slot will again be replaced by a domestic CSA T20 Challenge, featuring the 8 (eight) Division-1 teams and this tournament will take place in February 2022.”