Johannesburg, July 24 - Amid growing anger among fans, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has asked the Minister of Sport and Recreation to appoint a mediator to resolve its dispute with the provincial Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) which may see no international games at the Wanderers stadium here.

The spat began when GCB, owners of the historic Wanderers, asked questions around the Indian Premier League (IPL) contract with CSA, which the latter refused to provide.

CSA Gerald Majola said in a statement: 'CSA has informed the GCB that it is keen to resolve this matter amicably, and that we agree with GCB that it should be referred to mediation.

'In the circumstances, CSA has asked the Minister of Sport and Recreation to appoint a mediator as a matter of urgency in this regard, and we will inform GCB of the outcome of our request to the Minister.'

GCB Chairman Barry Skjoldhammer said he welcomed the decision for the Minister to mediate the matter, subject to a neutral party who understood cricket being appointed.

Any decision by the mediator would be respected, he added.

GCB wants CSA to provide the contract it had negotiated with the IPL, to establish the conditions of the series that saw South Africa benefiting by almost two billion rands when the games were played out here because of security concerns during the elections in India.