Enver Mall elected fourth selector

Enver Mall has been elected the fourth selector on the national selection panel in South Africa. This decision was taken by Ray Mali, the president of the South African board, at Tuesday's meeting in Johannesburg. Mall will join Omar Henry, the convener of selectors, Eric Simons, the national team's coach, and Gary Kirsten - who was recently appointed as the high performance manager - on the panel for a one-year term.

Mall, 42, represented Natal and the SACOS XI as an opening batsman between 1980 and 1990. He is currently a selector for the KwaZulu Natal Dolphins, and was chosen ahead of Mustapha Khan and Joubert Strydom.

The board was notified that Haroon Lorgat, who was originally nominated, had withdrawn his candidature in order to focus his attention on the upcoming election to the treasurer's post. The selection panel will meet on Friday to select a squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in July and August.

There were other developments too, including the resignation of John Blair, the treasurer of the board. Blair had served on the board for the last 11 years and was elected treasurer in 1999. Blair had also worked in the ICC Audit Committee.

Meanwhile, it was also announced that the audit committee of the board was looking into the report on the alleged financial irregularities by Diteko Modise, the the former finance and administration general manager. The committee will make their recommendations to the general council on July 10.