The highly anticipated Mzansi Super League (MSL) scheduled for February 2022 has been called off due to COVID-19 fears. The North West Dragons would have participated in this glamorous T20 tournament with the opportunity to feature an overseas professional.

This has now been put on ice for this season at least due to due to increased travel restrictions as imposed by many nations on South Africa since the discovery of Omicron variant of the virus.

“Restrictions such as stricter travel possibilities, the Bio-Secure Environment frustrations, fear of the new variant, and the weak Rand/US Dollar exchange rate are some of the main reasons why CSA has taken the decision to call off the 2022 version of the MSL,” stated Cricket South Africa in a press release.

“The decision to cancel the 2021 edition of the MSL is meant to allow CSA and its strategic partners to revamp and review the tournament post-Covid-19 to regain its market and commercial position. For its purposes, the MSL slot will again be replaced by a domestic CSA T20 Challenge, featuring the 8 (eight) Division 1 teams and this tournament will take place in February 2022,” said Pholetsi Moseki, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Cricket South Africa.