CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Tuesday he had a "constructive" meeting with India cricket board honorary secretary Sanjay Patel over the countries' uncertain end-of-year tour schedule, although any decision to shorten the program will have to wait until a BCCI meeting later this month.
India is unhappy with the number of matches and length of tour announced by CSA in July, which initially had the Indians touring for two Twenty20 games, seven ODIs and three tests over two months from late November.
India has already effectively forced South Africa to shorten the tour by scheduling the first game of its one-day series in New Zealand for Jan. 19, the same day the third test against the top-ranked South Africans in Johannesburg was due to end.
"I am happy to say that we had a constructive meeting and I would like to thank Sanjay for his friendliness and support in trying to find a way forward," Lorgat said in a statement Tuesday.
However, a decision on the new dates would now have to wait until after the BCCI's annual general meeting on Sept. 29, CSA said.