Cricket Ireland hopes the fact that he previously played 50 times for Ireland between 1997 and 2005 will work in his favour as officials applyfor an exemption.
Motsepe graduated from the University of Swaziland and then became one of the few black law graduates of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, designated whites-only by the apartheid government (he had to applyfor an exemption to attend).
According to World Anti-Doping Agency, Olympic athletes with medical conditions may applyfor a therapeutic use exemption that would permit them to compete on medications that would be otherwise prohibited.