{"id":12041,"date":"2012-07-03T00:10:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T22:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-1-cricket-swiss-trip-is-for-team-spirit\/"},"modified":"2012-07-03T00:10:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T22:10:32","slug":"update-1-cricket-swiss-trip-is-for-team-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-cricket-swiss-trip-is-for-team-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Cricket-Swiss trip is for team spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, July 2<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa’s trip to
\nSwitzerland will hopefully help their players bond ahead of the
\nshowdown tour to England, according to coach Gary Kirsten.<\/p>\n

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The squad left Johannesburg on Monday and will spend three
\nfull days in Switzerland before arriving in England on Friday.<\/p>\n

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“We’ll have 17 days together as a team before the first test
\nat The Oval on July 19 and we just wanted to cover all our
\nbases,” Kirsten told reporters<\/p>\n

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“\u201cWe’ll be playing against a very high quality team so we
\nreally need to connect as a unit. The series might well boil
\ndown to a couple of crucial moments and we want to make sure
\nthat we are up for those.”<\/p>\n

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South Africa captain Graeme Smith will play his 100th test
\nat the Oval.<\/p>\n

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Smith said beating England in the series and reclaiming
\ntop spot in the world rankings were his prime motivations<\/p>\n

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“\u201c”I’m obviously extremely proud to have the opportunity to
\nplay 100 tests for my country and my motivation is the same as
\nit was on my first tour of England,” said the opening batsman.<\/p>\n

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“We don’t need much more motivation than beating England in
\nEngland.”<\/p>\n

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The two teams will contest a five-match test series.<\/p>\n

(Editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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