Cricket-South Africa coach Boucher charged with gross misconduct


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 21 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's wicketkeeper Mark Boucher prepares to stump Pakistan's Umar Gul to set a new record of most dismissals during the third day's play of the first test cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi October 3, 2007. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Cricket South Africa (CSA) has charged senior men’s national team coach Mark Boucher with gross misconduct after he was accused of racism by former team mate Paul Adams, the organisation confirmed on Thursday.

The charges stem from the "tentative findings" made last month by the Social Justice and Nation Building Ombudsman, who is looking into alleged discrimination within the sport’s national governing organisation in the past.

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