{"id":5976,"date":"2023-05-05T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=306925"},"modified":"2023-05-05T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:06:20","slug":"south-africa-to-commence-home-season-with-limited-over-series-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/south-africa-to-commence-home-season-with-limited-over-series-against-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa to commence home season with limited-over series against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex flex-col w-[calc(100%-50px)] gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Cricket South Africa has confirmed that Australia will tour South Africa for their 2023-24 home season, comprising of three T20Is and five ODIs in August-September.<\/p>\n<p>The Kingsmead Stadium in Durban will host each of the three T20Is on August 30, September 1, and September 3. Following the T20Is, the two teams will participate in a crucial five-match ODI series as a warm-up for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India in October-November.<\/p>\n<p>The first two ODIs will take place in Bloemfontein on September 7 and 9 before the series moves to the Highveld via Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Proteas have not yet qualified directly for the tournament, they are well-positioned at eighth in the Super League standings and are likely to qualify unless Ireland, currently in 11th place, can surpass them in Net Run Rate by sweeping the upcoming series against Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">\u201cIt is the start of the international season for us and it is a particularly important campaign in many respects because of the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup which is taking place in India later in the year. We haven\u2019t qualified just yet, but we hope to be there and challenge the best in the world when the tournament is played in October and November,\u201d CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\"><b>Tour Itinerary<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">August 30 \u2013 1st T20I, Durban<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 1 \u2013 2nd T20I, Durban<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 3 \u2013 3rd T20I, Durban<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 7 \u2013 1st ODI, Bloemfontein<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 9 \u2013 2nd ODI, Bloemfontein<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 12 \u2013 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 15 \u2013 4th ODI, Centurion<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">September 17 \u2013 5th ODI, Johannesburg<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\"><button class=\"flex ml-auto gap-2 rounded-md p-1 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200 disabled:dark:hover:text-gray-400\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex gap-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket South Africa has confirmed that Australia will tour South Africa for their 2023-24 home season, comprising of three T20Is\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[338],"class_list":["post-5976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-odi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}