Cricket South Africa to play 3TC Cricket on 18th July

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Last Updated on 5 years by Charbel Coorey

The 3Team Cricket exhibition match will be played on 18th of July, at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed. The game will be played on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela International Day.

The South African sports minister, Nathi Mthethwa gave a go-ahead to sports practice after 14 weeks of lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The match was earlier scheduled to be played on 28th of June but was postponed as the CSA failed to get government clearance for the exhibition game.

The cricket match won’t be played in any of the three conventional formats, but whole new format with different set of rules is all set to be tried by the board. The three teams will be led by Quinton De Kock, Kagiso Rabada and AB De Villiers. The excitement around the match is because of many reasons like the experimentation of a new format, the return of cricket to South Africa post the COVID-19 break and also the come back of De Villiers in CSA match. The Solidarity Cup, as the match is called, is meant to raise funds for people in the game who have suffered financially because of the enforced COVID-19 break.

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Cricket South Africa to play 3TC Cricket on 18th July

“It’s very exciting to get live cricket, featuring our top players, back on our TV screens again. I can’t think of a more appropriate day on which to hold this game than Nelson Mandela Day when its prime objective is to raise funds for those who have been badly affected by the Coronavirus,” said CSA Acting Chief Executive Dr Jacques Faul.

“It is still nearly three weeks away, so it also gives our players more time to prepare properly and to minimise the chance of injuries,” the administrator added.

The news comes as South Africa’s cricketers have been given the green light to return to training.

3TC Cricket Teams:

KG’s Kingfishers: Kagiso Rabada (captain), Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenton Stuurman.

Quinny’s Kites: Quinton de Kock (captain), David Miller, Temba Bavuma, Anrich Nortje, Dwayne Pretorius, Beuran Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Lutho Sipamla.

AB’s Eagles: AB de Villiers (captain), Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Andile, Phehlukwayo, Rassie van der Dussen, Junior Dala, Kyle Verreynne, Sisanda Magala.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.

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