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    Haroon Lorgat Says the Champions Trophy Can Cross New Boundaries
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    Unlike most administrators, who usually grow up as privileged members of the establishment, Lorgat was once an activist. "In 1990 [the current South Africa team manager] Goolam Raja and myself stood alongside each other at the Wanderers when we protested against Mike Gatting's rebel tour" he chuckles. "We were thrown into the back of a police van. Full Article at Buzzle
    In 1990 [the current South Africa team manager] Goolam Raja and myself stood alongside each other at the Wanderers when we protested against Mike Gatting's rebel tour
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Haroon Lorgat Says the Champions Trophy Can Cross New Boundaries
  1. I'm trained as an accountant ... and so I'm a realist. But I can't deny my pride going back to South Africa for a tournament I think will totally refresh the 50-over game. I'm determined we give this format the profile it deserves. And what's impressed me most is that the players seem very excited about...
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  2. There have been legitimate concerns
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  3. The winners must be compensated. It means every game counts and the whole tournament lasts just 14 days. The other defining point is that it is a destination event. Johannesburg and Pretoria are so close the players can stay in the same location.
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  4. We were thrown into the back of a police van. But we felt vindicated when that tour was abandoned and South Africa changed so miraculously. We're now in a different struggle but, for me, that experience rubs off positively. It gives me strength as we safeguard the future of the one-day game and, most im...
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  5. That struggle shaped me ... Even when we were invited to cross over [as 'honorary whites'], we stood firm. We were never tempted even though there were great facilities in white cricket. We were principled.
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  6. There is $4m [Ł2.5m] on offer and that's four times the amount last time round. I've also made it top-heavy towards the winners as they take home $2m. The runners-up get $1m, third and fourth get $400,000 each, fifth and sixth $100,000 each while the teams finishing seventh and eighth go home with nothi...
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  7. I'm confident it will survive because people have written it off before. This time last year they said Test cricket was on its way out. Then came that fascinating series where South Africa won in Australia. And look at the first Ashes Test at Cardiff where Monty [Panesar] held the Aussies at bay to secu...
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  8. I don't understand their thinking so clearly. The original plan was to have a four-year cycle for this championship which protects icon series like the Ashes. It was a complex model but very doable. Our Future Tours Programme will meet soon as the current schedule runs to May 2012. I would really like t...
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