CSA is considering legal action after the circulation of a document that listed Mark Boucher, head coach of the South Africa men's team, as holding a stake in the ownership structure of 3TC, a new format of cricket featuring three different teams in the same game.

The document has Boucher down as one of eight shareholders in the company that owns the format, which was planning to launch with a high-profile exhibition game. But the document has been denounced as false, and Boucher, CSA and 3TC have confirmed that Boucher is not involved with the company, which could, potentially and eventually, have constituted a conflict of interest.

Paul Harris, the former head of Rand Merchant Bank, well-known commentator Mark Nicholas, former ICC legal head David Becker, former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar, marketing experts Ravi Naidoo and Gareth Whittacker, and radio presenter Brandon Leigh all hold shares in 3TC. Boucher is listed as the eighth name in this document, but he told ESPNcricinfo he is "absolutely not" a shareholder in the company. He was, along with CSA's director of cricket Graeme Smith, involved in the developmental phase of the three-team format.

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