Look out, too, for David Bedingham, Nandre Burger and Mihlali Mpongwana, who have cracked the nod for a senior international squad for the first time. Traditionalists who demand that the international game is always uppermost should be satisfied with that: it could have been worse. "But there's a mental toll to the pressures of a World Cup, and the scrutiny the captain comes under. The SA20 will be an important competition as far as the World Cup goes. There are three [T20Is] against West Indies prior to the World Cup, at the end of the IPL.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 04, 2023 15:43 UTC