Haroon Lorgat said he was “really disappointed” :
Former CEO of Cricket South Africa, Harron Lorgat said he was very much upset by seeing the T20 Global League cancel and called for an independent inquiry to disclose the actual cause behind its rejection three years ago.
The T20 Global League consisting of eight sides and was scheduled to be taken place in South Africa from 2017 November but it was postponed by a year because of a broadcasting deal and title sponsorship. In 2018 June, the Global event was further replaced by the Mzansi Super League, which is a league of six-CSA owned sides.
Harron Lorgat, who had resigned in 2017 September quoted “I couldn’t understand what I was hearing that time when I got the news the T20 Global League was deferred or called off. It was really a good thing for South Africa cricket and it disappointed me largely.”
Allegations on Harron Lorgat:
With CSA Lorgat had compromised mutually to part ways due to a breakdown in their affiliation, majorly because of handling the T20 Global League. There were complaints that Harron Lorgat had damaged the SA cricket board by preserving major financial information about the league. Lorgat denied the allegation of financial misinformation and said that he had always informed the members about it.
The 60-years-old, Lorgat who also worked as ICC CEO between 2008 to 2012 said “There is written proof to that effect. In fact, the GL T20 board chairman, Mr. Moroe, Mr von Zeuner, Mr. Nenzani, and Mr. Khan all worked on a sub-group into which I reported on a continuous basis. For the T20 Global League, I would be happy to have an independent inquiry.”
After three months of Lorgat’s retirement, Cricket South Africa board president and chairperson Chris Nenzani had said that there were no findings of any kind of faults in financial information.
In the statement, Nenzani had said “A total settlement of the complete expenses occurred on the T20GL has been ended and we sure that all finance has been sufficiently accounted for and we have not found any kind of irregularities on finance.”
