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CSA will schedule this competition in the second half of the 2020/21 season.
Henry Davids scored an unbeaten 77 runs to help Paarl Rocks win the second edition of the Mzansi Super League by eight wickets over the Tshwane Spartans at Boland Park, Paarl on Monday.
The Rocks earn themselves a direct route to the 16 December final, which will be played at Boland Park.
It’s understood the journalist’s CSA accreditation was revoked after writing on the current dire state of cricket in the country.
Stars have lost all six of their matches so far in this year's MSL, while Chris Gayle had struck just 47 runs in his first five matches.
The local T20 tournament is now in its second season but doesn’t show any signs of being able to attract mass audiences inside the respective stadiums.
JP Duminy will stay on with the Paarl Rocks team for the duration of the tournament in a mentorship role.
England World Cup winner James Vince has joined the Paarl Rocks team in time for their second Mzansi Super League (MSL) game on Friday against the Durban Heat.
Rocks dismissed Blitz by 84 all out after posted 170-9 earlier.
The 35-year-old now misses back-to-back seasons of South Africa’s new domestic T20 competition having been ruled out in the inaugural campaign because of a hand injury.
The Heat will kickstart their Mzansi Super League (MSL) campaign against the Tshwane Spartans in Durban on Saturday.
Paarl Rocks have been boosted by the inclusion of Proteas batsman JP Duminy where he will be looking to provide the much-needed edge in the MSL campaign.
Last year's runner up Cape Town Blitz have on Monday appointed Hashim Amla as a batting consultant following the signing of English cricketer Moeen Ali last week.
Amla will join the team from 25 November after his stint in the Abu Dhabi T10 League, where he will appear as captain of the Karnataka Tuskers.
Ali will be available for the Blitz's opening matches against the Jozi Stars and their second fixture against Paarl Rocks.
The suspensions come after the SACA launched a formal dispute with CSA over unpaid fees for last year’s inaugural edition of the Mzansi Super League.
The 35-year-old Duminy missed out in last year’s tournament because of a hand injury.
On Tuesday, Blitz fast bowler and former Proteas pacemen Dale Steyn said early form was the key for MSL's second edition.