Border's CEO resigns

Border's chief executive, Reunert Bauser, has resigned before the results of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities are made public later this week. Bauser had been in charge at Border for 11 years.

Vido Mgadle, the president of the Border Cricket Board, confirmed the move. "He has resigned with immediate effect, and we [the board] have accepted his resignation as we felt it was in the interests of all concerned," he told the South African Press Association. "Somebody else will be appointed and the post will be advertised via the normal channels."

Last month Bauser was accused of using some of the proceeds from the 2003 World Cup for air tickets to the UK worth R20,000 (£1800), and a further R400,000 (£36,000) that had been earmarked for the Border team. During his time as chief executive, Bauser had been responsible for East London becoming the headquarters of the Warriors, the East Cape cricket franchise, ahead of Port Elizabeth.