No punishment for strategy leak — CSA
Cricket SA admits that the bowling plan got into the wrong hands, but no one will be penalised.
Eliot Mahlase
The woman who inadvertently leaked the Proteas’ bowling strategy ahead of their game with the Black Caps, will not be punished, Cricket SA (CSA) said on Friday.
Cassandra Teasdale received a copy of the strategy meant for Dale Steyn by mistake when it was sent to a wrong hotel room.
She promptly posted it on Facebook.
The strategy was how Steyn would bowl to New Zealand top guns like Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson.
CSA did not say how the game plan was delivered to the wrong room, but spokesperson Lerato Malekutu told Rekord the leak was not intentional.
“We do know who was responsible [for the leak], it was an honest mistake and no one will be charged or penalised,” she said.
The Proteas won their first ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday night, by 20 runs.
Despite the leak, Malekutu said the Proteas would not change their strategy for the second ODI in Potchefstroom on Sunday.
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