Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday gave the clean chit to another former player and current Proteas coach Mark Boucher.
Johannesburg: Less than a fortnight after absolving former captain Graeme Smith of racism charges, Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday gave the clean chit to another former player and current Proteas coach Mark Boucher, saying there is “no basis to sustain any of the disciplinary charges, including charges of racism” against him. The CSA board said that it was ‘formally’ and ‘unreservedly’ withdrawing all charges levelled against the former wicketkeeper-batter. The CSA Board had received a report from the independent Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) Ombudsman, Dumisa Ntsebeza in December 2021 which had adverse ‘tentative findings’ against Boucher. But because the Ombudsman was not in a position to make “definite findings”, he recommended that further processes take place to “achieve finality” on the issue. CSA then initiated proceedings as per the SJN Report’s recommendations, which gave Boucher a chance to respond to the allegations. The chargesheet against Boucher included the tentative finding made by the SJN Ombudsman, as well as issues arising from CSA’s own enquiry following the resignation of the Proteas assistant coach, Enoch Nkwe.
