CSA Partners with other sporting bodies

Cricket South Africa (CSA), the Gauteng Cricket Board, Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), the Department of Basic Education (DBE), Gauteng Department of Education, Statistics SA and Mindset have all joined forces and combined their respective resources to accelerate the development and transformation of the game in the Gauteng province.

This is the start of CSA’s new plan to develop a collaborative approach to tackle the challenge of transforming schools sports to accelerate cricket playing opportunities, thereby increasing the pool of cricketers at school level in the shortest possible time frame. Similar collaborations will be undertaken in all the other provinces.

The group acknowledged that CSA has a proven record over many years of actively engaging in schools cricket and successfully producing international role models across all age groups. There are many players who have gone on to play for both the men and women Proteas National Teams.

“At last I feel like we have a real chance to make a stepped change,” said CSA Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat.

“It was truly different and most heartening to have all the key stakeholders gathered in one room and sharing the same vision. For us to make meaningful strides in transforming schools cricket over the next few years, we need the wisdom and support of all stakeholders and only through successful collaboration can we achieve our goals. This partnership will add greatly to the good work currently being done by CSA,” explained Lorgat.