April 2 (Reuters) - Cricket South Africa (CSA) has refused to grant all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel a no-objection certificate (NOC) to play in the County Championship after ​he left the field during a domestic 50-over final to catch ‌a flight to England, ESPNcricinfo reported on Thursday.

The 27-year-old had left his South African franchise the Lions around the 43rd over on Sunday before heading ​straight to the airport, having signed for Worcestershire in ​the English County season.

Swanepoel will now miss the opening rounds ⁠and face disciplinary proceedings in South Africa, with CSA charging ​him with bringing the game into disrepute.

He will face two separate ​disciplinary actions - one from CSA and another from the Lions - and will not contest the charges, according to the report.

If an agreement cannot be reached between ​Swanepoel and the involved parties, he may be required to drop ​his NOC entirely and return from England to continue his domestic career in ‌South ⁠Africa.

Alternatively, should he choose to remain abroad, he would not need an NOC, though that might end his prospects at domestic level in the country.

"Beyers would probably say he's made a bit of ​an error in ​hindsight," Worcestershire director ⁠of cricket Ashley Giles told BBC Hereford and Worcester on Tuesday.

"I can say there was no ​pressure on our side on Beyers' arrival in the ​country ⁠at that time, or taking those steps.

"People make mistakes. Beyers is a good man, a good lad. He's made an error in this ⁠case and ​we're trying to work our way ​through it."

Worcestershire, who were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship last season, ​open their campaign against Derbyshire on Friday.

Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru