This morning, probably at around the time you are reading this, Cricket South Africa were supposed to launch their domestic 20-over competition.

It would have been the event that told you, the cricket fan, who the mysterious seventh team was, whether any marquee internationals had been signed up after three of the initial four pulled out and whether they had managed to secure a sponsor. You will have to wait to find out.

The launch was postponed "indefinitely", according to a Cricket SA release. Executive consultant Michael Owen-Smith said they are "putting everything together", and all will be revealed soon. He did not say when. The tournament starts next Wednesday.

If you and a few million other people are not overly interested in it, you can hardly be blamed. With all the bonus scandal details being relayed in all their sordid detail, cricket has become a sideshow with boardroom activities taking centre stage. The usually popular 20-over event is among the lowest in profile measured against its global counterparts as it searches for everything from rands to relevance. In the next seven days, Cricket SA hopes to find both.

To give the competition context, the seventh franchise will have to be properly established and explained. For now, all we know is that it will comprise the best semi-professional cricketers in the country.

As a concept, it is admirable and adventurous. It should give players from KwaZulu-Natal Inland and South Western Districts a shot at the big time. But, in reality, there may only be four such players as team scramble to pick up franchise discards and a handful of available internationals who are not otherwise occupied in the Bangladesh Premier League and beyond.

The team has no home ground, but at least it is on track to sign up a sponsor - is unlikely to be Sunfoil, the only corporate willing to get within touching distance of Cricket SA this summer. The suits insist they have also lined up an overall backer. Most of us will only believe it when we see the branding and, even then, it will not do all that much to keep cricket's drowning reputation afloat.

The only thing that can save the competition from total insignificance is compelling cricket and, luckily, the provincial franchises have provided just that this summer in the equally low profile Supersport Series.

Just 0.68 of a point separates the Cobras and the Titans at the top of the first-class table.

Their matches this week against the Lions and the Dolphins respectively, are effectively finals.

The likes of Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn will be involved for the Cobras and word is that Graeme Smith may make an appearance.

Jacques Rudolph will hope to rediscover his batting mojo for the Titans while Paul Harris will try to remind people he is still around. Cricket will be allowed to be cricket and, if you want to remember what that really is, spend a few hours at the Wanderers or Supersport Park.