INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
Proteas to meet Australia in World Cup tune-up
South Africans who hoped not to have to put up with Australia again for a long time should take a deep breath. With smoke still swirling after the Aussies’ acrimonious tour to this country in March‚ Cricket SA announced another rubber against them. SA will play three ODIs and a T20 in Australia in November to push to 21 the number of ODIs Faf du Plessis’s team will have to prepare themselves for the 2019 World Cup. But many South Africans will quietly dread the thought of their team having to tangle again so soon with a side who arrived here exuding trademark confidence — or arrogance‚ depending on your preferred view — and left as confirmed cheats. That followed ugly scenes on both sides of the boundary in the first three Tests and a fourth match in which Australia were without Steve Smith‚ David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, who were sent home for ball-tampering. Not that anyone will be unhappy that two teams in the top half of the rankings — SA are second‚ Australia fifth — have t...
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