Cobras players persist with Adams removal demands

With the South African domestic season nine days away, a group of Cobras players will ask the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), a dispute resolution body, to force their employer, Western Cape Cricket Board, (WCC), to remove coach Paul Adams. The players’ insistence comes after a report by Paddy Upton, who had been appointed a mediator in grievances the group had with Adams, called for coach to “stand down”. The WCC decided not to implement the findings of Upton’s report because it contained material deficiencies.

“The problem the board found with Paddy’s report is that not only did he not speak to all of the Cobras’ contracted players, but he did not even speak to some of the players with problems,” an insider told ESPNcricinfo. “The report was never intended to be binding; it was merely intended to make recommendations and the board chose not to go with those.”

While Upton’s report has been viewed by both the WCC and the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA), who are assisting the aggrieved players in their CCMA case, it has not been made public. Similarly, none of the disgruntled Cobras players has been willing to talk about the reasons for their unhappiness with Adams. However, two players, Cobras’ limited-overs’ captain Justin Ontong and left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, have spoken out in …

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