Cricket South Africa's entire board - consisting of 10 members at last count - have resigned. The news comes after six of the directors, including former acting president Beresford Williams, four other non-independent members and one independent member Dheven Dharmalingam had stood down following a meeting on Sunday. By Monday morning, the other non-independent director, Zola Thamae, and the three remaining independents, Eugenia Kula-Ameyaw, Marius Schoeman and Vuyokazi Memani-Sedile, also quit.
"After the Members' Council had deliberated and resolved that in order to best serve the interest of cricket in South Africa, the entire Board should resign - which they did. All Independent and Non-Independent Directors have now resigned," CSA confirmed in a statement on Twitter.The standing down of the board clears the way for an interim steering committee to be put in charge of CSA, as per the instruction of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).
As recently as last Thursday last week, CSA had refused to disband, rejecting a suggestion from the Members' Council - the country's highest decision-making body in cricket made up of the 14 provincial affiliate presidents - to comply with SASCOC.For now, Rihan Richards is in control of cricket in South Africa. He was installed in the newly created position of president of the members council - CSA's highest authority - on Sunday. It is unclear who will be on the interim committee, although there seems to be support for a senior player representative and an ICC voice. Also not known is whether the game will be handed back to CSA after its annual meeting on December 5. The domestic season will start on November 2, and the England's men's team will arrive next month to play three ODIs and three T20Is.
