The Test team has failed but another test awaits Cricket South Africa with the start on Tuesday of the Betway SA20 League at Newlands, and it is one the organisation can ill afford to bungle
David Miller of the Paarl Royals and MI Cape Town's Rashid Khan will lead their respective sides in the opening match of the highly anticipated Betway SA20 at Newlands on Tuesday.The Test team has failed but another test awaits Cricket South Africa with the start on Tuesday of the Betway SA20 League at Newlands, and it is one the organisation can ill afford to bungle.
Until now the tournament has been all about razzmatazz, slick marketing, big broadcast deals, millionaire local cricketers and the over-playing of Pharrell’sy, but on Tuesday the focus switches to cricket after Master KG, the music producer not the fast bowler, and Sho Madjozi have provided the pregame entertainment.
Dewald Brevis, the hottest young star in South African cricket, is in the MI Cape Town team as is Ryan Rickelton, whose form was ignored by the national selectors when they picked a squad for Australia. Smith admitted the tournament would provide a distraction from the travails of the Proteas, although that will only last a few weeks before it takes a break and the national team occupies centre stage again for the three match ODI series against England.
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