Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday confirmed that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will not be televising matches between the Proteas and Australia within the tour that commences in Durban on Wednesday, 30 August.
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In a media assertion, CSA confirmed that after protracted negotiations, the 2 events might sadly not reach agreeable phrases to safe broadcast rights in time to cowl the tour.
CSA and the SABC are proud to have, through the years, introduced cricket content material to the multitudes of cricket followers throughout the nation.
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Through this partnership, content material from the home cricket scene to the senior males’s and girls’s groups was broadcast to ready audiences, making the partnership between the SABC and CSA a thriving endeavor.
While CSA is dissatisfied on the prospect of many South Africans lacking out on protection of the fun of the much-awaited Australia collection, it reaffirms its dedication to making cricket accessible to all South Africans.
Consequently, CSA will proceed to interact with the SABC to discover frequent floor on the broadcasting of cricket content material.
This is as the general public broadcaster pursues to fulfil its mandate of offering cricket protection for almost all of South Africans, whereas CSA is unwavering in its quest to be sure that cricket reaches all corners of the nation.
It is a symbiosis that binds the 2 organisations collectively.
With CSA and the SABC partnership having offered mutually helpful worth previously, CSA believes that it’s within the curiosity of each the events’ stakeholders that such a partnership be maintained into the longer term, the media launch added.
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The Proteas and Australia will conflict in a three-match T20 collection in Durban, earlier than they take one another on in a five-match ODI collection, with matches in Bloemfontein (2), Potchefstroom, Centurion and Johannesburg.
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Proteas T20I squad
Aiden Markram (Titans – captain), Temba Bavuma (Lions), Matthew Breetzke (Warriors), Dewald Brevis (Titans), Gerald Coetzee (Titans), Donovan Ferreira (Titans), Bjorn Fortuin (Lions), Reeza Hendricks (Lions), Marco Jansen (Warriors), Sisanda Magala (Lions), Keshav Maharaj (Dolphins), Lungi Ngidi (Titans), Tabraiz Shamsi (Titans), Tristan Stubbs (Warriors), Lizaad Williams (Titans), Rassie van der Dussen (Lions)
Proteas ODI squad
Temba Bavuma (Lions – captain), Dewald Brevis (Titans), Gerald Coetzee (Titans), Quinton de Kock (Titans), Bjorn Fortuin (Lions), Reeza Hendricks (Lions), Marco Jansen (Warriors), Heinrich Klaasen (Titans), Sisanda Magala (Lions), Keshav Maharaj (Dolphins), Aiden Markram (Titans), David Miller (Dolphins), Lungi Ngidi (Titans), Anrich Nortje (Warriors), Tabraiz Shamsi (Titans), Wayne Parnell (Western Province), Kagiso Rabada (Lions), Tristan Stubbs (Warriors), Rassie van der Dussen (Lions)
South Africa v Australia T20I collection
1st T20I – Wednesday, 30 August, Kingsmead, Durban – 18:00
2nd T20I – Friday, 1 September, Kingsmead, Durban – 18:00
third T20I – Sunday, 3 September, Kingsmead, Durban – 14:00
South Africa v Australia ODI collection
1st ODI – Thursday, 7 September, Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein – 13:00
2nd ODI – Saturday, 9 September, Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein – 13:00
third ODI – Tuesday, 12 September, JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom – 13:00
4th ODI – Friday, 15 September, SuperSport Park, Centurion – 13:00
fifth ODI – Sunday, 17 September, Wanderers, Johannesburg – 10:00
