EP Cricket president: Other teams have failed to meet transformation requirements on multiple occasions

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The Dolphins, not the Warriors, will play Wednesday’s One-Day Cup, division one, qualifier against the Titans in Durban.

The Warriors ended the first stage of the tournament in second position last week.

However, they have since moved to fourth position after being docked points for failing to field enough black African players in the XI for 16 February’s fixture against the Dolphins.

The Warriors named all-rounder Andile Mokgakane and wicketkeeper-batsman Sinethemba Qeshile in the XI for that match at Kingsmead.

Cricket South Africa require a minimum of six players of colour – three must be Black African – per XI. The Warriors beat the Dolphins, but ultimately were not allocated the points.

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“To our knowledge, no penalties of this scale have been imposed before, and the Warriors have never previously breached CSA’s transformation targets,” said Eastern Province Cricket president Donovan May.

To our knowledge, other teams have failed to meet these requirements on multiple occasions without facing similar sanctions.

“Eastern Province Cricket have formally disputed the sanctions under the CSA memorandum of incorporation.

“EPC is awaiting CSA’s decision on whether the dispute will be resolved through mediation, a round-table meeting, or arbitration.”

The winner of Wednesday’s qualifier at Kingsmead will meet Boland in Saturday’s final in Paarl.

Western Province are the reigning One-Day Cup, division one, champions. However, they ended this season’s tournament at the bottom of the points table.

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