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England set to tour South Africa; will fly soon after IPL | According to reports, England will tour South Africa for white-ball series later in 2020

According to ESPNCricinfo report, the England team will depart in a charter flight to Cape Town, South Africa, and arrive on November 17 ahead of the series. The team will stay at the Vineyard Hotel and train at the Western Province Cricket Club. The two sides will play three ODIs and three T20Is on the tour at Newlands in Cape Town and Boland Park in Paarl.

South Africa’s government agreed to relax quarantine norms for the England team and allow them to practice ahead of the bilateral series. South Africa was critical about allowing the team to train even though the visitors are forming from a ‘high risk’ country.

“There is a huge responsibility not just to get to your home country’s fixtures underway, but a huge responsibility to facilitate other countries around the world. We will do what we can to try and get cricket back on, because it means a huge amount for people in lockdown in their own countries, and also for Cricket South Africa financially”, Eoin Morgan said.

“I know the worry we had about potentially not bowling a ball all summer and the detrimental impact that would have, probably to grassroots cricket more than any other part of the game. If the tour goes ahead, we’d love to come down, as the series we played last time was incredible”, he added.

England, being a country with concentrated Covid-19 cases, make decisions related to Covid-19 bio-secure bubbles very crucial. “As with any proposed tour that takes place at this time, the safety and welfare of our players and staff is paramount. As such, there are a number of factors that need to be taken into consideration, including the proposed protocols in relation to COVID-19 bio-secure bubbles, the proposed levels of security around the team, as well as the feasibility of undertaking this tour against the backdrop of an already busy schedule of international cricket for the England men’s team”, said ECB in their statement.

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