South Africa withdraws from January ODI series
South Africa have pulled out of a one-day international series against Australia scheduled for mid-January in what appears to be a major setback to Proteas’ hopes of qualifying directly for next year’s ODI World Cup.
This is also a boost for the KFC Big Bash League with some of the national Test stars now set to be released to their clubs after the Sydney Test until the end of the series finale.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have asked Cricket Australia (CA) to reconsider the dates of the three matches originally set for January 12-17 due to clashes with their new T20 franchise league, but CA announced today that they were unable to find alternative dates for reschedule the series.
Due to South Africa’s withdrawal, Australia’s Dettol T20I match against West Indies on 7 October has been moved from Metricon Stadium to Gabba, while the first match of the T20I series against England on 9 October will be played at Perth Stadium instead of Perth Stadium. Gabbah.
The Australian women’s second Commonwealth Bank T20I against Pakistan at the Manuka Oval scheduled for 27 January has also been moved a day and moved to Blundstone Arena to ensure Hobart hosts the Australian team this summer.
Leaving the series, which is part of the Super League, spoils South Africa’s chances of qualifying directly for the men’s 2023 ODI World Cup in India with Proteas currently languishing in 11th place with 49 points.
Proteas effectively canceled the draw, with CSA agreeing that as matches would not be played before the qualifying deadline date in May, the 30 competition points offered would be awarded to Australia, pending ICC approval.
Only the top eight teams from the full 12 ICC member nations plus the Netherlands qualify for the tournament with the remaining five teams having to play against five Associate teams for the remaining two places in the World Cup.
The remaining South African Super League games before the May deadline are against ODI world champions England and India, meaning they face an uphill battle to break out of the bottom five.
Australia currently sit seventh with 70 points from 12 games with the recent 2-3 ODI draw loss in Sri Lanka not having Super League status.
CA said in a statement that there were no alternative dates available to play the series due to a hectic international schedule due to heaps of delays during the pandemic, including the men’s T20 World Cup hosted by Australia in October-November.
The likes of superstar Glenn Maxwell, Melbourne Stars teammates Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa, national whites captain Aaron Finch and Perth Scorchers pair Mitch Marsh and Ashton Agar will now be free to play the entire BBL|12 season if not called up to the Test side.
It also means all of the format’s current stars without a BBL deal, such as Steve Smith, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood and David Warner, could make Big Bash return after opting out of the previous season due to messy international scheduling.
Big Bash League boss Alistair Dobson has made it clear that one of his priorities is to feature Australia’s best male player in the competition.
As it stands, Usman Khawaja (Brisbane Heat), Mitchell Swepson (Brisbane Heat), Nathan Lyon (Sixers) and Alex Carey (Adelaide Strikers) are under contract, while regulars Marnus Labuschagne (Heat) and Travis Head (Strikers) are expected to be signed. re-register with their BBL club.
However, Mitchell Starc and Tests captain Pat Cummins have indicated that they intend to skip this season’s Big Bash after the New Year’s Test from January 4-8 to prioritize international cricket with a four-Test tour to India on the horizon in February-March.
Tickets for summer cricket go on sale to the Australian Cricket Family on 18 July and to the general public on 22 July.
Australia 2022-23 home international fixtures
(all local time)
Dettol ODI Men’s Series v Zimbabwe
Sunday 28 August: Riverway Stadium, Townsville, 09:40
Wednesday 31 August: Riverway Stadium, Townsville, 09:40
Saturday 3 September Riverway Stadium, Townsville, 09:40
Dettol ODI Men Series v New Zealand
Tuesday, September 6 Cazaly Stadium, Cairns, 2:20pm
Thursday, Sept. 8: Cazaly Stadium, Cairns, 2:20pm
Sunday 11 September Cazaly Stadium, Cairns, 2:20pm
Dettol T20I Men’s Series v West Indies
Wednesday 5 October Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast, 18:10
Friday 7 October Gabba, Brisbane, 18:10
Dettol T20I Men’s Series v England
Sunday 9 October: Perth Stadium, TB
Wednesday 12 October: Manuka Oval, Canberra 18:40
Friday 14 October: Manuka Oval, Canberra 18:40
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
October 16-21: Group stage
22 October-6 November Super stage 12
Wednesday-Thursday November 9-10: Semifinals, SCG & Adelaide Oval
Sunday 13 November: last, MCG, 19:00
Dettol ODI Men’s Series v England
Thursday 17 November: Adelaide Oval, 13:50
Saturday 19 November: SCG, 14:20
Tuesday 22 November: MCG, 14:20
Vodafone Men’s Test Series v West Indies
30 Nov – 4 Dec First Test, Perth Stadium, 10:20
December 8-12: Second Test, Adelaide Oval, 2:30pm
Vodafone Men’s Test Series v South Africa
December 17-21: First Test, Gabba, 10:20
December 26-30: Second Test, MCG, 10:30
January 4-8: Third Test, SCG, 10:30
CommBank Women’s ODI Series v Pakistan
Monday 16 January: Allan Border Square, Brisbane 10:05
Wednesday 18 January: Allan Border Square, Brisbane 10:05
Saturday 21 January: Sydney North Oval, 10:05
CommBank T20I Series Women v Pakistan
Tuesday 24 January: Sydney North Oval, 13:45
Thursday 26 January: Blundstone Arena, Hobart, 19:05
Sunday 29 January: Manuka Oval, Canberra, 13:45
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