Redbacks in poaching strife
SOUTH Australian cricket hierarchy are consulting lawyers after being found to have broken poaching rules regarding young Victorian legspinner James Muirhead.
The Redbacks continue to protest their innocence despite the findings of a Cricket Australia (CA) grievance tribunal on Wednesday.
Muirhead, 19, has played one first-class game for Victoria - ironically, against SA in Adelaide last January.
The promising spinner then fell behind Pakistani-born leggie Fawad Ahmed in the Victorian pecking order.
Victoria's displeasure with SA reportedly started in late 2011 when Bushrangers officials believed the Redbacks promised Muirhead first-class games if he moved to Adelaide.
Victoria subsequently signed him as a rookie player.
The Bushrangers reportedly believe SA made another offer to Muirhead during this season, an allegation upheld by CA's grievance tribunal.
"The tribunal found a breach ... of the rules for interstate competitions by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) and a further hearing of the matter has been adjourned," CA said in a statement.
The breach related specifically to rules that any state can't hold discussions with a player who is contracted by another state, without first informing the player's state.
