Cricket SA's members council still has to decide whether it will accept the interim board proposed by sports minister Nathi Mthethwa.
This week CSA's members council reneged on appointing the nine-person interim board that Mthethwa forwarded to them on October 30.
Their reasoning, which infuriated Mthethwa and interim board chairperson, retired judge Zak Yacoob, was based on a breakdown of trust and a conflict of interest with regards to the appearance of former CSA and ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat among the members of the interim board.
A response by Mthethwa to CSA acting president Rihan Richards threatened to withdraw CSA's national colours, thereby putting their ICC membership and England's lucrative limited-overs tour scheduled for this month in jeopardy.
Yacoob said at a media conference on Friday that the interim board is going nowhere while the members council gripe with Lorgat hasn't been properly substantiated.
At the time of going to print, Richards had not responded to the Sunday Times' questions after the members council met on Friday.
The Sunday Times understand that the members council is split over how to respond to Mthethwa's ultimatum.
But Eastern Province Cricket president and former board member Donovan May said his region supported Mthethwa's positive stance with regards to the appointment of the interim board.
"The EP Cricket board further mandated the chairman to convey this decision to support the announcement of the interim board to the CSA members council. This decision was taken in the interests of the game of cricket," May said in the letter.
"As EP Cricket we encourage all stakeholders to resolve the matter as quickly and amicably as possible in the interests of cricket."
How the members council's indecision will affect the upcoming England tour remains to be seen, especially if the ICC gets involved should Mthethwa's ministry intervene in CSA's matters.
Sunday Times understands that while the ICC scoffs at government intervention, they do not actively cancel cricket.
Scheduled tours are allowed to proceed, but the board that has been suspended isn't allowed to vote at ICC meetings and can only have observer status.
The voting part becomes critical as the ICC chairpersonship, contested by Greg Barclay from New Zealand and Imran Khwaja from Singapore to replace India's Shashank Manohar, is up for grabs.
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