T20 series against England will help South Africa in the World Championship, feels Andrew Hudson – Cricket News Update
Cricket South Africa’s selection convener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Hudson-c44308 feels the upcoming three-T20I series against England will help the Proteas prepare for next month’s World T20 Championship, to be held in Sri Lanka.
The Proteas are in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 these days, playing the hosts in a three-match Test series. The five-day encounters will be followed by five One Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals.
"[They] will have excellent preparation for the World Twenty20 by finishing the England tour with three [Twenty20] matches there,” said Cricket South Africa's selection convener, Andrew Hudson, at a press conference called up to announce
the national squad for global event.
“They may be playing on a different surface to that they will find in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, but they will be able to hone their Twenty20 specific skills," he added further.
The Cricket South Africa on Thursday announced its 15-man final squad for the marquee event. Veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been recalled into the squad, to be skippered by wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, while Test captain
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 failed to make a cut.
Hudson said that they have picked the best possible squad and hoped the players to live up to the hopes of selectors.
"We have had basically the same squad together for the past year and many of them also produced stand-out performances at the Indian Premier League," Hudson stated.
The 12-team mega event, in which England will be defending its title, gets underway at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, on September 18. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 have been placed in Group C for the preliminary round of the marquee
tournament. The other two teams drafted in Group C include hosts Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045. The Proteas will open up their World Cup campaign on September 20, by playing lowly-ranked Zimbabwe at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota.
Meanwhile, the Proteas on Wednesday replaced the current T20 champions, England as the top T20 side in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rankings, after the annual update of the tables.
South Africa Squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409, Lonwabo
Tsotsobe.
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