Cricket South Africa confirm quota policy

Cricket South Africa's general council reaffirmed it's backing of the transformation policy, which has been the point of contention in the public spat between the board president Norman Arendse and the national team coach Mickey Arthur.

A resolution at the meeting held on Saturday emphasised that the team to tour Bangladesh must be chosen by the selectors on the basis of the transformation policy and presented to the president as soon as possible. The squad, which was to be announced last week, was apparently delayed since the touring team chosen had only four coloured players, and not the longstanding policy of seven in a squad comprising of 15 or more players.

Meanwhile, Gerald Majola, the CSA chief executive, has been asked to immediately look into the complaint against Arthur filed by Arendse before the South African team leaves for Bangladesh. The row erupted over the team selection, and Arendse laid formal charges against Arthur, telling the Cape Argus that he was being "disrespectful" and "abusive" while adding he was "cocking a snook at his employers' policy of transformation."

Arthur followed suit and filed a counter-charge. "Yes, there is animosity between us," he told Supersport. "I told him he was power-crazy and egotistical but I never swore at him.

"I've taken him on about this team. The transformation policy that Arendse wants to be applied does not exist. He is out of bounds. I told him he was not a selector and should keep his nose out of team selections."

The resolution also says that Majola "is required to investigate utterances by any CSA employee in the print and electronic media since Tuesday, February 5, 2008,and consider whether there is any basis to charge such employee with bringing Cricket South Africa into disrepute in accordance with [the official] disciplinary code and procedure."