NEW DELHI: Five-time ODI World Cup Champions Australia will go back and forth to South Africa for an eight-match white-ball collection in August-September, Cricket Australia introduced on Friday.
The excursion will come with 3 T20Is and 5 One-day Internationals which can precede the ODI World Cup scheduled in India for October-November.
The T20 fixtures will all be performed at Kingsmead within the coastal town of Durban between Aug.30 and Sept. 3. The excursion then strikes to the Highveld for the five-match ODI collection over Sept. 7-17. The first two video games can be in Bloemfontein, adopted via suits in Potchefstroom, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
It is the primary white-ball excursion to the rustic via Australia since 2020 and follows South Africa’s withdrawal from an ODI collection in Australia final January, after they prioritized the release in their home T20 league.
Having forfeited that collection, South Africa have not begun to seal their position on the World Cup in October however will accomplish that if Ireland fail to finish a clean-sweep in their three-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh, which begins in Chelmsford subsequent week.
If the Irish do e-book their puts on the expense of South Africa, the latter will endure the embarrassment of getting to head in the course of the ultimate spherical of qualifiers in Zimbabwe subsequent month.
Australia excursion to South Africa:
Aug. 30: First T20I – Durban
Sept. 1: Second T20I – Durban
Sept. 3: Third T20I – Durban
Sept. 7: First ODI – Bloemfontein
Sept. 9: Second ODI – Bloemfontein
Sept. 12: Third ODI – Potchefstroom
Sept. 15: Fourth ODI – Pretoria
Sept. 17: Fifth ODI – Johannesburg
The excursion will come with 3 T20Is and 5 One-day Internationals which can precede the ODI World Cup scheduled in India for October-November.
The T20 fixtures will all be performed at Kingsmead within the coastal town of Durban between Aug.30 and Sept. 3. The excursion then strikes to the Highveld for the five-match ODI collection over Sept. 7-17. The first two video games can be in Bloemfontein, adopted via suits in Potchefstroom, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
It is the primary white-ball excursion to the rustic via Australia since 2020 and follows South Africa’s withdrawal from an ODI collection in Australia final January, after they prioritized the release in their home T20 league.
Having forfeited that collection, South Africa have not begun to seal their position on the World Cup in October however will accomplish that if Ireland fail to finish a clean-sweep in their three-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh, which begins in Chelmsford subsequent week.
If the Irish do e-book their puts on the expense of South Africa, the latter will endure the embarrassment of getting to head in the course of the ultimate spherical of qualifiers in Zimbabwe subsequent month.
Australia excursion to South Africa:
Aug. 30: First T20I – Durban
Sept. 1: Second T20I – Durban
Sept. 3: Third T20I – Durban
Sept. 7: First ODI – Bloemfontein
Sept. 9: Second ODI – Bloemfontein
Sept. 12: Third ODI – Potchefstroom
Sept. 15: Fourth ODI – Pretoria
Sept. 17: Fifth ODI – Johannesburg
(With inputs from Reuters)