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Cricket South Africa (Proprietary) Limited 81 INDEX CEO’S REPORT 1 INTERNATIONAL MILESTONES 11 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET 13 INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STATS 21 DOMESTIC CRICKET STATS 23 2006 MUTUAL & FEDERAL SA CRICKET AWARDS 25 CRICKET AFFAIRS 27 COACHING 31 STANDARD BANK HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 37 MARKETING 39 COMMERCIAL & SPONSORSHIP 41 AMATEUR CRICKET 43 SCHOOL CRICKET 45 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT 47 2005/06 FINANCIAL YEAR - TREASURER’S REPORT 51 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 53 UNITED CRICKET BOARD OF SOUTH AFRICA 67 CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED 81 OBITUARIES 95 SPONSORS & SUPPLIERS 98 CEO’S REPORT President Thabo Mbeki, Gerald Majola (CEO) and Graeme Smith during the meeting of President Thabo Mbeki and the South African Cricket Team at the High Performance Centre University of Pretoria, South Africa. Photo by Lee Warren / Gallo Image 1 CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA’S VISION: The year under review was once again governed by the vision of Cricket South Africa: to make cricket a truly national sport of winners. This vision has two parts to it: • Making cricket a truly national sport • Making cricket a sport of winners Work-shopping the vision: To ensure that CSA and its Affiliates had operational structures in place to carry out this two-pronged vision, ground-breaking Presidential/CEO workshops were held for Cricket pipeline amateur and professional cricket. Cricket – a truly national sport: SA Cricket - a sport of winners The amateur workshop achieved its four Two factors have been built into sharpening the objectives and a process has begun to: pinnacle by narrowing the gaps between domestic and international cricket: • Establish a pipeline from grassroots to the Proteas to enable all stakeholders to know • Reducing the professional domestic and understand the system of advancement competition from 11 provincial teams to six through cricket franchise units • Establish a uniform system of development • Putting a high performance programme in for amateur cricket, with a special focus on place to prepare promising players for youth and club cricket international cricket • Ensure sustainability through financial CSA works on the premise that the Proteas drive controls and a proper return on investment most of the revenue for cricket. Therefore it is important to ensure that the team focuses on • Build capacity in previously disadvantaged winning. We have created structures that must communities achieve victory in most of the matches played by the Proteas around the cricketing world. All four of the above objectives are aimed at making cricket a truly national sport – accessible to the majority of South Africans through transformation and development. CSA is building Centres of Excellence in its The base of the pipeline is Bakers Mini Cricket, six cricketing regions which will drive both and we are thrilled that our oldest sponsorship has been renewed again during the year under review. club and schools cricket in these areas. The pipeline is designed to take the Bakers Mini Cricketers – boys and girls – into hardball cricket through the schools system. Consequently, a workshop for professional cricket was held in the year under review These objectives are also aimed at keeping following the amateur workshop to put three players in the system, especially after they leave strategic pillars in place to make the Proteas a school which is why we are putting so much winning team: emphasis on the development of club cricket. • Efficient and effective governance CSA is building Centres of Excellence in its six cricketing regions which will drive both club • Financial sustainability and schools cricket in these areas. • Excellence in cricket In turn, the Centres will feed into regional and national academies where the players’ skills are The workshop translated these pillars into inter- honed on a holistic basis. linking operational areas which were joined to the amateur thrusts. Together, they now form They are now in a position to play senior one seamless pipeline with CSA and Affiliates provincial, and can then move onto professional working to a standard model. cricket – the franchises and the Proteas – through the Standard Bank High Performance Programme. In coaching for instance, there is now a single focus going through all coaching structures Three years ago, Cricket South Africa put into so that players meet minimum skill and fitness place a strategic plan to broaden the base and requirements as they move through the sharpen the pinnacle of the game. pipeline. 2 CEO’S REPORT There are now standard financial reporting Makhaya Ntini was again voted South Africa’s systems in place for CSA and its Affiliates as most popular sports personality, having well as differentiated funding from CSA to the achieved this feat the year before as the first Affiliates to meet different needs in different cricketer to have done so. environments. The Standard Bank Pro20 tournaments There is also a common understanding of the achieved record crowds for domestic cricket. alpine revenue flows which fluctuate from year- The popularity of this form of the game in to-year depending on the income from television South Africa bodes well for attracting new rights for match programmes that are set by audiences to the game. the International Cricket Council through its Future Tours Programme. CSA’s proven ability to host world-class cricket events led to the ICC selecting South CSA has now adopted a streamlining effort Africa as the hosts of the inaugural ICC World over a four-year cycle to allow Affiliates to plan Twenty20 South Africa tournament in and operate their structures on a regular basis. September this year. There are also governance systems in place This is going to be another opportunity to show which allow for a clear division of operations case South Africa to the world, both from and policy making, and independent monitoring sporting and tourism aspects and we have been structures – all of which fall in line with the pulling out all the stops in the year under review King II Report on Corporate Governace, which to ensure its success. has been adopted by CSA. The Proteas completed the most successful SA international season since unity, and won 13 consecutive ODIs, equalling Australia’s record All these efforts are aimed at ensuring that we have structures that will build capacity in the pipeline to make the Proteas a winning team on a sustainable basis. IMPLEMENTING CSA’S VISION IN 2006/7: A review of 2006/7 shows that cricket continues to make its mark on South African society as a whole. As far as becoming a truly national sport of winners, CSA and the Proteas received accolades on two important fronts. Parliament gave an unprecedented thumbs- up for South African cricket when the ANC Chief Whip tabled a motion of good wishes Makhaya Ntini was again voted South Africa’s to the Proteas squad at the World Cup and most popular sports personality also congratulated CSA in its transformation policies and outstanding development programme. The motion was accepted unanimously. As can be seen from the above achievements, The Proteas finished the season at the top of CSA’s pursuit of excellence takes place across the ICC’s ODI log, beating Australia into second the board and is on-going. place for the first time since the log was initiated. The Proteas completed the most successful SA ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007: international season since unity, and won 13 consecutive ODIs, equalling Australia’s record. There was one major blip on CSA’s excellence screen and that was the inconsistent overall On the popularity front, cricket rose to performance of the Proteas at the ICC Cricket unprecedented heights during the year under World Cup West Indies 2007. And indeed, review. this was one of the lowest points in my tenure so far as CEO. Independent research for the year showed that cricket is the fastest growing major sport in These inconsistencies came as a major surprise South Africa, and is second only to football in because virtually the same squad had been the popularity stakes. extensively prepared for two years and had: 3 • Just completed the most successful SA • The adoption of a youth policy to build international cricket season since unity skills for the future, continuing to take transformation targets into account • Taken the number 1 ODI spot ahead of Australia for the 2006/7 season • Capacity building of swing and spin bowlers at the High Performance Centre • Won 13 consecutive ODIs, equalling Australia’s world record • Introducing an academy exchange programme with the Sub-Continent • A support group of 12 specialists, including countries to gain experience on these a psychologist, at the Cricket World Cup conditions for our spin bowlers However, the CWC has shown weaknesses in CSA has decided to retain the captain the makeup of the Proteas and these have been Graeme Smith and coach Mickey Arthur who identified as: spear-headed the Proteas most successful season yet, and to continue to build on this • A lack of maturity off the field by some of success – but adding the above remedial the senior players measures to this recipe. • A lack of a strong manager who can enforce South African cricket has strong development discipline and take off-the-field pressure programmes in place, coupled to a high performance from the captain programme aimed at achieving excellence. Fans celebrate South Africa’s emphatic victory during the Pro20 match between South Africa and Pakistan at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. • Stereotyped bowling attack, lacking top We also have loyal, blue-chip sponsors who class spin and swing make this progress possible and most importantly, sustainable. • Selection policies not taking local conditions into account We believe that with the continued transformation of South African cricket, we will The following remedial measures will be in be able to harness our biggest strengths, our place before the 2007/8 season: diversity and our will to win.
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