The Warriors have broken their silence following Cricket South Africa's CSA unprecedented decision to dock the Eastern Cape team points in the 1-Day Cup standings and give them a hefty fine for not adhering to the governing body's transformation policy.
As a result of the points deduction, the Warriors will have dropped down in the final log positions and will not be involved in the Qualifier match on Wednesday, even though the CSA confirmed their participation on Sunday evening.
The Warriors were also fined a massive R500,000, believed to be the highest ever monetary sanction in the South African game. There has also never been a case of points being deducted for such an infringement.
Under Cricket SAs transformation regulations related to all Mens domestic cricket, teams are stipulated to field six players of colour which needs to include a mandatory of three Black African players in each game.
The Warriors fielded six players of colour in a match against the Dolphins last month. Diego Rosier, Sinethemba Qeshile, Senuran Muthusamy, Andile Mokgakane, Jason Raubenheimer and Junaid Dawood all played, but the team only had two Black Africans in Qeshile and Mokgakane.