South Africa fix Dutch date

By Paul Bolton

South Africa will play a one-day international against Holland in Amstelveen in May 31 in their build-up to the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. The South Africans will also be involved in team-building activities during their week-long stay in Holland ahead of the Champions Trophy in June.

“As a result of the Champions Trophy being held in the UK it has given many European countries the opportunity to maximise the chance to play a Full Member through the support of the ICC’s TAPP funding policy,” said Holland chief executive Richard Cox.

“We feel we have pulled off a real coup in getting one of the top ODI nations in the world to come to the Netherlands not only to play but also to act as their preparation-base for this major tournament. We are looking forward to having some of the household names of world cricket on our doorstep and will be announcing hospitality and ticketing details shortly.”

This will be the fourth time that the Netherlands have played South Africa in a one-day international but the first time outside a World Cup. South Africa have won all three matches to date and by increasingly wide margins with a 160-run win in Rawalpindi in 1996 followed by a 221-run trouncing in Basseterre in 2007 and defeat by 231 runs in Mohali two years ago.


Date: 30/01/2013 11:14:10 by Paul Bolton
In: Today |