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South African legends Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher all discriminated against players on the basis of race, a report has claimed.

The report, compiled by South Africa's Social Justice and Nation Building Commission, says that the trio were all culpable in the non-selection or bad treatment of black players.

But no action, as yet, is being taken against them, with Cricket South Africa now considering the findings of the 252-page report that took over six months to put together.

Graeme Smith (L) is South Africa's director of cricket and Mark Boucher (R) is head coach

AB de Villiers is also alleged to have discriminated against players on the basis of race

Boucher, now South Africa coach, admitted singing a song while a player that included a racial slur against former spinner Paul Adams, saying white players at the time were 'unprepared for the realities of post-Apartheid team dynamics.'  

Smith, then South Africa captain, is accused of ignoring the claims of contracted keeper Thami Tsolekile to take over from Boucher when he was forced to retire in 2012 because of an eye injury, instead replacing him with De Villiers.

And De Villiers, then the South African 50-over captain, is accused of flying in Dean Elgar to replace JP Duminy for the last one-day international of the 2015 series against India rather than pick Khaya Zondo. 

De Villiers has denied the accusations on social media. 

'I support the aims of CSA's Social Justice and Nation Building process, to ensure equal opportunities in cricket,' he said on Instagram.

'However, in my career, I expressed honest cricketing opinions only ever based on what I believed was best for the team, never based on anyone's race. That's the fact.' 

De Villiers is accused of flying in Dean Elgar (above) to replace JP Duminy in a game in 2015 instead of Khaya Zondo