India's tour could be used to test bio-bubble model to counter COVID-19: CSA
Cricket | May 21, 2020 21:45 ISTCSA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shuaib Manjra said the model is being suggested when India arrive to play three T20Is.
CSA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shuaib Manjra said the model is being suggested when India arrive to play three T20Is.
De Villiers was earlier quoted by a TV channel saying that an offer has been made by the country's cricket board to lead South Africa again.
AB de Villiers said that he will only make a comeback if he feels that he is good enough to play at the international level even though he has been a regular on franchise circuit.
Dozens of South African cricketers have signed lucrative contracts with county cricket sides over the years but this automatically disqualifies them from playing for the national team.
The two teams were scheduled to play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games.
Boucher feels that, so far, their plans have not been hampered to a great degree by the lockdown.
CSA Acting Chief Executive, Dr Jacques Faul, outlined the organization's strategy to the media on Tuesday that also featured Interim Director Graeme Smith.
Dale Steyn has been left out of Cricket South Africa's national contract list for the 2020-21 season, while young pacer Beuran Hendricks has been awarded his first national contract.
Cricket South Africa has told the players to isolate themselves and will be tested for the deadly virus in case any symptoms show up.
After South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday declared a state of disaster, CSA also decided to suspend all cricket activities in the country to contain the spread of the virus.
The Proteas will reach India via Dubai. They will land in New Delhi on Monday and spend a day there before proceeding to compete in Dharamsala (March 12), Lucknow (March 15) and Kolkata (March 18).
Both Warner and Smith, then Australia's captain and vice-captain, were banned by Cricket Australia for one year for involvement in ball-tampering during the Cape Town Test in March 2018.
With former captain Graeme Smith appointed as acting director of cricket and former wicketkeeper Mark Boucher appointed as coach, Philander said that there is hope for a turnaround but it is too late for him to reconsider his decision.
Earlier, it was reported that South Africa too has joined the bandwagon, despite being the first nation to officially host a four-day Test, against Zimbabwe in 2017.
South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis confirmed that Rassie van der Dussen will be given an extended run in the middle order for the Proteas.
Bangladesh appointed Langeveldt as the fast bowling coach in July replacing West Indian Courtney Walsh following the ICC World Cup.
Enoch Nkwe will be the assistant coach while Faf Du Plessis will remain the Test captain.
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith will remain in the role till the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year.
The dark clouds are all over CSA at present, but the suspension of chief executive Thabang Moroe also has a silver lining as this could mean the speeding up of former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith's appointment as Director of Cricket.
Board's President Chris Nenzani said that he had spoken to Smith about his appointment on Saturday morning.
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