Johannesburg, Aug 12 - Relieved South African cricket fans have welcomed the news that international games will return to the premiere Wanderers Stadium here after Cricket South Africa (CSA) earlier banned games there in the wake of a dispute with the provincial Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB), which controls the venue.

The three forthcoming matches against England, which were rescheduled to other stadiums across the country, have been reinstated after the resolution of the dispute following intervention by Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile.

The three matches - a Twenty20 game, a One-Day International and a Test match - were withdrawn from the Wanderers in a bitter public spat over CSA's handling of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) II that was played out here recently because of security concerns during the Indian elections.

There had been allegations that CSA's refusal to show its contract with the IPL was because there was something it wanted to keep secret. This resulted in CSA president Mtutuzeli Nyoka banning internationals at the Wanderers until GCB management had tendered an apology to CSA management and the IPL.