India, April 3 -- South African cricketer Beyers Swanepoel has been denied a No-Objection Certificate to play county cricket. The new season starts later today. Not just that, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Lions, his domestic team, will also take action against the allrounder, for, he brought the game into disrepute by walking out on Lions during the One-Day Cup final.

What happened was this: this past Sunday, after bowling his quota of 10 overs, Swanepoel quit the game, citing he had to take a flight to England for his county cricket stint. The evening before, he had asked his NOC to be signed too. The club had no prior knowledge of his flight to England, and the NOC wasn't approved.

It is understood Swanepoel will not contest the cha...