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Cricket South Africa
Gerald Majola
CEO Gerald Majola
COO Don McIntosh
Physical Address 21 North Street, Illovo
Postal Address PO Box 55009, Highlands 2116
Tel (+27 11) 880 2810
Fax (+27 11) 880 6578
Email csa@cricket.co.za
Website www.cricket.co.za
 
 
Cricket South Africa is dedicated to the achievement of four critical pillars to its vision:

Excellence: Winning teams; effective governance and efficient administration; capacitybuilding and skills development through the High Performance Programme; strength vs. strength domestic competitions; elite youth programmes and schools of excellence; right people in the right jobs; ensure professional, world-class event management; and inculcate a culture of delivery.

Development: Make cricket accessible to all; ongoing skills development through comprehensive training programmes for players, officials and employees; ensure results-driven programmes; retain players at all amateur levels with emphasis on club cricket; create centres of excellence to link schools and club cricket; provide a clear path from grassroots to Proteas; and a holistic coaching programme.

Transformation: Strive to make cricket a truly national sport of winners; ensure unified transformation messages; leave a lasting legacy through sustainable initiatives; establish continual monitoring processes to ensure transformation at all levels of cricket; use all available human and material resources in the company’s pursuit of excellence; and ensure equity in employment and
procurement of services.

Sustainability: Implement revenue share model for players and franchises; maintain financial discipline through standardisation and consolidation of reporting systems; form strong relationships with ICC member countries; ensure viable cricket competition and events; and create and maintain sound stakeholder relations.
 
(1). Memberships: Full member country of the International Cricket Council (ICC); member of the Proudly South African campaign, ISO 9001 quality certification (2). Cricket SA founded in 2002 (3). Revenue in excess of R385.0-million for 2006/07 (4). 100% market share (5). ISO 9001 Certification
 
 

STATISTICS / DEMOGRAPHICS / HISTORY
Year founded: UCBSA (1991), Cricket SA (Pty) Ltd (2002)
Founding members: UCBSA, South African Cricket Union, South African Cricket Board Amalgamated, Cricket South Africa (Pty) Ltd was formed as a separate company 2002 to run professional cricket in South Africa
Employees: 31 administrative staff, 24 contracted staff (players, management and consultants)
Branches: 11 affiliates, five  associate members

NATURE OF BUSINESS
Business activities/services: Cricket administration; Amateur funding and development programs; International and domestic limited overs and test cricket; domestic one-day and first-class cricket
Exports: Broadcast footage in respect of non-ICC event cricket played in the South Africa territory

EMPOWERMENT STATUS
Black Empowerment Level:
shareholding: >50.1% / executive directors/senior
management: >50.1% / total staff: >50.1%

Gender Empowerment Level:
shareholding: >50.1% / executive directors/senior
management: 5-25% / total staff: >50.1%


BUSINESS & FINANCE (CONSOLIDATED)
Revenue: R385.9-million (2006/07)
Operating profit: R135.3-million (2006/07)
Net profit: R129.7-million (2006/07)
Financial year-end: April
Market share: 100%
Subsidiaries: Cricket South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Holding company: Cricket South Africa
Bank: Standard Bank
Accountants: Deloitte & Touché
Current customer base: General public
Major accounts: Standard Bank, SAB, MTN, SABC and SuperSport

TRAINING & CSI
Training programmes: U19 Lotto Programme; Bakers Mini Cricket; Coaching Academy; Standard Bank High Performance
Empowerment initiatives: Cricket development and capacity building of employees CSI initiatives: UNAIDS; Reach for a Dream Foundation; Lovelife