The reputation of Cricket South Africa (CSA) has taken a huge hit after the administration mess and then the failure to smoothly conduct an ODI series against the visiting England cricket team.
With below-par bio-bubble arrangements to show, the South African cricket board will find it difficult to convince Australia to come to their shores, opined former England captain Michael Vaughan.
The shortage of funds has made it tougher for CSA to create tight bio-secure bubbles and the England players and management breaching the protocols didn't help either. Michael Vaughan is of the opinion that the Australians won't be traveling to a nation that cannot promise tight safety against COVID-19.
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Vaughan said on BBC's Test Match Special, "South Africa has failed and that’s something they have to try and get right because there won’t be many countries sticking their hands up to go there. There is no way Australia is going to South Africa. Absolutely no chance."
"It’s very hard for people to get into Australia, and they don’t like their own leaving the country. So they’re not going to South Africa, where there has just been a series canceled because the bubble wasn’t secure enough," he added.
The Englishman believes that until the administrative part of CSA is not sorted, there is no hope of proper management in the body. He particularly blamed the CSA CEO for continuous swapping and changing leading to mismanagement.
Vaughan said, "We’ve got to be honest, South African cricket is in shambles. I just don’t see it having any kind of structure in leadership from the CEO. There’s too much swapping and changing. They have to get their house in order."
(With inputs from BBC's Test Match Special)