Cricket South Africa election faces delay

The election of a new president of Cricket South Africa faces a delay after Raymond Uren, the Eastern Province president, declared a dispute with the way that some unions want to appoint a replacement for Norman Arendse.

Arendse quit on September 17 and the election was due to take place on October 24, but Uren's move, following a special general meeting last week, could now push it back into November.

"Now we must proceed to the next step, which is negotiation, mediation and arbitration," Uren told Beeld. "It was extremely disappointing that we were unable to find a solution at last Friday's special meeting. The problems that existed in SA cricket are still there and we now have to turn to the constitution to find solutions."

Logan Naidoo, CSA's interim president, said the chief executive, Gerald Majola, and the management committee would decide which process to following in the next day or so.

However, Uren said he had a problem with the management committee being involved in the decision-making and wants an independent arbitrator appointed. But he added that the process shouldn't be rush and it was vital to come to the correct decision.

"To me, it's not a matter of solving the situation within a certain time but to do so according to the book and the constitution," he said. "I was really hoping that by getting all the leaders of SA cricket together, healthy judgement would prevail and the constitution would be respected. Clearly, it was not so."