Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has been cleared of racism allegations by two independent arbitrators.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) commission the Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings on racial discrimination within the game last year and the commission produced a final report in December. In the report, ombudsman Dumisa Ntsebeza concluded that previous CSA regimes had discriminated against players based on their race, with Smith among those accused of racism.
Smith, who led South Africa in 109 Test matches and was their director of cricket at the time the report was published, was implicated in the decision not to select wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile after Boucher was forced to retire due to injury. Tsolekile was considered next in line after Boucher, but makeshift wicketkeeper De Villiers was handed the gloves instead.
