Cricket SA dropped the ball when it faced the portfolio committee on sport and recreation in parliament yesterday. For a while, it seemed that the CSA was in the clear, and the committee was ready to wholeheartedly accept out-of-form Vernon Philander's selection for the World Cup semifinal - one that led to accusations CSA had put quotas above results.The committee said cricket was failing to reach enough rural areas, but the CSA responded that a memorandum of understanding with Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula would provide the necessary impetus for transformation.However, the United Democratic Movement's Mncedisi Filtane said: "This is a high-level presentation but where are the programmes? You have deliberately withheld them. Why are you withholding this information? What game are you playing with us? Where is the meat?"CSA president Chris Nenzani retorted: "The only game we are playing is cricket; the only level of target we have not specified is at national level."Both men had a point.The CSA had said it wanted eight black players in school squads of 15, three in university XIs and six in semi-professional and franchise teams while, in national sides, there was a "50% target but merit selection prevails".But Filtane had correctly noted that the details of how CSA would implement its transformation plan was nowhere to be found in the 37 A4 pages they presented.Nenzani struck an alarming note when he said: "Not everything you read is true and sometimes what is true should not be in the public domain until certain things have been done."Such words suggest the fears that the CSA forced Philander onto the team are not without merit...