CSA and DCSA to host first deaf cricket international series MyZA

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Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Deaf Cricket South Africa (DCSA) are excited to host the England Cricket Association for the Deaf (ECAD) in a four-match ODI and two-match T20i series starting on Wednesday, August 28, in Pretoria.

This is the first deaf cricket international tour that will take place in South Africa.

CSA Transformation Manager, Max Jordaan, is thrilled at this latest move by CSA and the ECAD to bring competitive cricket to our shores. It goes a step further in realizing CSA’s vision to make cricket a truly national sport of winners and accessible to all in the organisation’s bid to shape tomorrow.

“We are delighted to welcome ECAD to our shores as a key element to our inclusive transformation agenda,” Jordaan said. “We are cognizant of our moral duty to support all cricketers and particularly the disability sector cricketers who often find themselves in marginalized positions.”

Northerns Cricket Union will host the series in which all matches will take place at Sinovich Park. Northerns CEO, Jacques Faul, is excited to have the hosting honours and looks forward to an entertaining tournament.

He said: “It is always a great privilege to host an international event, more so if it is between England and South Africa. We are a country that prides itself on the way we treat disability and approach gender equity. As a relatively young democracy, we will do well not to lose that focus and the energy that drives it.”

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