Last updated: 7th May 2008
Kemp: rebel
The head of the South African Cricketers Association has admitted that players taking part in the rebel Indian Cricket League have little chance of featuring again for their domestic franchises.
Andrew Hall, Johan van der Wath, Justin Kemp, Nicky Boje, Dale Benkenstein, Lance Klusener, Nantie Hayward and Nic Pothas have all signed to play in the ICL - and been banned from playing in South Africa as a result.
Last week, Hall, Kemp and Van der Wath won a successful appeal against the England and Wales Cricket Board's decision to prevent them from playing county cricket.
However, despite the latter decision, SACA head Tony Irish says the players will remain unable to play in South Africa where there is no formal ban, but an agreement not to pick the players.
"There is an agreement among the various franchises not to select these players," he told Die Burger.
"One cannot force a team to select anyone. Therefore, these players will not be selected until one of the franchises breaks the agreement."
| Fixture |
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| Friday 9th May |
| County Championship - Division One |
| Somerset vs Hampshire |
| Lancashire vs Durham |
| Nottinghamshire vs Kent |
| County Championship - Division Two |
| Derbyshire vs Warwickshire |
| Essex vs Middlesex |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Jaipur vs IPL Hyderabad |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire |
| Saturday 10th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Chennai vs IPL Mohali |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Northamptonshire vs Leicestershire |
| Sunday 11th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Jaipur vs IPL Delhi |
| Result |
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| Thursday 8th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Delhi vs IPL Chennai Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets. |
| IPL Kolkata vs IPL Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs. |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Sussex vs Surrey Surrey won by 67 runs. |
| Wednesday 7th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Mumbai vs IPL Jaipur Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets. |
| Tuesday 6th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Chennai vs IPL Hyderabad Deccan Chargers won by 7 wickets. |
| Monday 5th May |
| Indian Premier league |
| IPL Bangalore vs IPL Mohali Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets. |
| Friends Provident Trophy |
| Sussex vs Middlesex Sussex won by 7 wickets. |
| Lancashire vs Scotland Scotland won by 2 runs. |
| Northamptonshire vs Ireland Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets. |
| Surrey vs Kent Kent won by 90 runs. |
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