Cobras players seek CCMA intervention for Adams’ removal

The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) have confirmed that 10 out of 17 players contracted to the Cobras franchise seek the removal of coach Paul Adams and will ask the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene. The dispute resolution body cannot make a binding order but will seek to mediate between the parties.

The players’ grievances, which were formally recorded in May this year, have been specified for the first time in a SACA release but none of the players have been named. The players claim to have experienced a “a fundamental loss of confidence in the coach’s ability to lead the coaching of the team,” and “his inability to create an effective team culture, poor communication and man management skills, lack of tactical and technical knowledge and disorganisation in running proper practice and training sessions” as the reason for them seeking his removal.

The players claim this has been the case since Adams took over four years ago, even though he has won five trophies in four seasons with the franchise. “According to the players the coach’s shortcomings back then were compensated for by the role played by senior players at the time and the situation has got progressively worse,” Tony Irish, …

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