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Cricket South Africa has announced that the Dafabet Warriors will lose their spot in the One-Day Cup playoff, after being docked match points due to a breach of the CSA Administrative Conditions.
CSA says following a comprehensive review and investigation, its Board has determined that the Warriors had failed to meet the stipulated transformation requirements during their match on 16 February against the Hollywoodbets Dolphins in Durban.
The breach pertained specifically to Clause 3.2.2 of the CSA Administrative Conditions, which requires teams to field a minimum of three Black African players in the starting eleven.
The sanctions imposed include loss of match points. Thus, the Warriors will forfeit all match points for the match in question and the Dolphins will be awarded four match points from the fixture.
A monetary fine has also been included, with 50% payable before the end of the current financial year. The remaining 50% will be suspended for five years and will only be activated if a similar breach occurs within that period.
The Dolphins now move to second place on the log, and will host the Momentum Multiply Titans in the playoff on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, EP Cricket said it had "formally disputed" the sanctions under the CSA's memorandum of incorporation.
"To our knowledge, no penalties of this scale have been imposed before, and the Warriors have never previously breached CSA’s transformation targets.
"To our knowledge, other teams have failed to meet these requirements on multiple occasions without facing similar sanctions," said EP Cricket president, Donovan May.
He said in a statement that they were now CSA’s decision on whether the dispute would be resolved through mediation, a round table meeting, or arbitration.
