Mthethwa announced the Interim Board would seek to "restore the integrity and reputation" of the national governing body, when confirming its appointment on October 30.

He said the Interim Board would be in place for an initial period of up to three months, with members including former International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat.

Judge Zak Yacoob was chosen to chair the Board, which was set to consist of Omphile Ramela, Andre Odendaal, Stavros Nicolaou, Judith February, Andile Dawn Mbatha, Xolani Vonya and Nkeko Caroline Mampuru.

CSA’s previous Board had resigned on October 26 after facing mounting pressure, with Mthethwa urging them to comply with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) request to stand down.

SASCOC had made the call after claiming there had been "many instances of maladministration and malpractice" at CSA.

The latest developments see CSA face further conflict with the South African Sports Ministry, with the Members Council – deemed the highest decision making body - rejecting the proposed Interim Board.

The Members Council said it has written to the Minister to raise concerns about the proposed Interim Board, which they claim includes "several unresolved issues, overstepping and disregarding agreed upon duties, responsibilities and lines of accountability and ultimately, a breakdown in the relationship between the Members Council and the proposed Interim Board."

The Members Council claimed the unresolved matters included a "conflict of interest relating to a proposed member of the Interim Board, opposition to outlined roles, responsibilities and reporting lines as outlined in the Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) unprofessional conduct, non-cooperation and misalignment between the Members Council and the Interim Board."

The Council claims this was contrary to the arrangements agreed to and alleged this would have severely reduced its focus on the development of cricket.

"The Members Council embarked on a process last month to facilitate the resignation of the then-incumbent Board members of CSA, with the intention of appointing an Interim Board that would work collaboratively with all stakeholders," said Rihan Richards, Acting President of CSA on behalf of the Members Council.

"The main objective of the new Interim Board was to work closely with the Members Council and CSA executives, to achieve necessary change within the organisation and to take cricket forward until a new Board is elected at the Annual General Meeting.

"During the initial consultative meetings, the Members Council did propose a recommended structure of the Board, with certain preconditions attached to the appointment of members of the Interim Board, including having the prerequisite collective skills, professionalism and capability to comply with the legal and operational duties, at all times.

"In a ministerial update published on October 28 2020, the Minister confirmed the Members Council’s views that our engagement was constructive, and he expressed an appreciation for our leadership.

"Importantly, the Minister also made specific reference to certain matters that the Interim Board would deal with, and the Members Council aligned with all of these.

"The Interim Board was given clearly specified roles and responsibilities, with accountability to the Members Council.

"The logical next step would have been for the Members Council to appoint the Interim Board, if they were nominated to the Board of Directors of CSA, and as outlined in the MOI of the organisation.

"The MOI governs the relationship between the Board and its members, as well as the roles of the Members Council and that of the Board.

"As the Members Council of CSA, we have a responsibility to ensure compliance with legal and corporate governance requirements in the administration of cricket and the organisation, and a duty to cricket supporters to uplift and develop the game.

"We further also have a duty to the ICC in terms of its articles of association."

The Members Council claimed it was not prepared to appoint the proposed Interim Board to be directors, but said it would work with the Minister to "correct this ills of the past."

The Council claimed it was "deeply committed to resolving the issues that have surfaced within CSA."

South African newspaper The Daily Maverick reported that the Interim Board has pledged to continue its work, despite the Members Council’s opposition.

"Technicalities aside, we were publicly mandated by the Minister to serve as an independent Interim Board to resolve well-aired difficulties faced by CSA over the years,” Interim Board chair Yacoob told The Daily Maverick.

"And, over the next three months to try and ensure an Annual General Meeting by the end of that time so that an independent, untainted Board would take CSA forward with integrity.

"We understood that there was an agreement between the Minister and the Members’ Council on exactly who was to be appointed and the Members’ Council undertook to formalise the appointment so that the interim independent Board would have the necessary authority and power to clean up cricket in South Africa.

"The Members’ Council, acting mainly through its acting-President Rihan Richards has adopted the strategy to pretend to cooperate in the process but ensured that every effort was made to obstruct our work.

“It is for this reason and only for this reason that the Interim Board has not been appointed.

"The reasons given have no substance and do not begin to stand scrutiny.

"These so-called reasons have been carefully crafted."

CSA has been without a permanent chief executive since Thabang Moroe was suspended in 2019 and then sacked in August after an independent investigation found him guilty of committing acts of serious misconduct.

The organisation has not released details of the exact reasons for Moroe's sacking, although it did confirm his offences were serious enough to warrant immediate dismissal, without the need for a disciplinary hearing.

Kugandrie Govender replaced Jacques Faul as CSA’s acting chief executive only to face pressure from the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee to stand down after appointing a taskforce to conduct an investigation.

Naasei Appiah and Clive Eksteen, the respective former chief operating officer and head of sales and sponsorship, have also been fired in recent months.