Australia will play its first T20s for the reason that retirement of captain Aaron Finch in South Africa in September on a white-ball tour which is able to kind a part of preparations for the World Cup in India.
An eight-match tour together with three T20s and 5 ODIs will probably be performed in late-August and early September forward of November’s World Cup.
The Aussies haven’t performed a T20 since bowing out of the World Cup final November, as defending champions, after which Finch stepped down.
A brand new captain is but to be named however Test skipper Pat Cummins was named his alternative as chief of the ODI aspect, though Steve Smith took management in Australia’s successful collection towards India in March.
The Australian workforce might be at full-strength with a raft of Test gamers who’re a part of the ODI World Cup plans set to have near a month off following the conclusion of the Ashes on July 31.
But the supply of the likes of Cummins, David Warner, Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Travis Head and Cameron Green might be decided by their workloads throughout the Test marketing campaign which additionally contains the World Test Championship closing towards India.
The South African collection would be the penultimate World Cup warm-up, with Australia set to play one other three ODIs towards India earlier than the match.
Australia has not performed in South Africa since a 3 T20s and three ODIs in February, 2020, proper earlier than the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But Australia has not performed a Test in South Africa for the reason that 2018 collection, which was marred by the sandpaper scandal.
The International Cricket Council‘s future tours calendar has the Proteas next hosting Australia for Tests in September-October 2026.
Australia’s white-ball tour of South Africa
T20s (all in Durban)
August 30
September 1
September 3
ODIS
September 7 – Bloemfontein
September 9 – Bloemfontein
September 12 – Potchefstroom
September 15 – Centurion
September 17 – Johannesburg
Originally printed as Australia will play eight white-ball video games in South Africa earlier than ODI World Cup
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
