{"id":20979,"date":"2013-07-08T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/csa-announces-home-international-schedule\/"},"modified":"2013-07-08T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T09:31:57","slug":"csa-announces-home-international-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/csa-announces-home-international-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"CSA announces home international schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/hashim-amla-nominated-for-four-csa-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cricket South Africa<\/a>\u00a0announced today a bumper programme of home international matches for the 2013\/14 season against India and Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sachin_at_the_other_end.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[8140]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer. 4 Test ser...\" alt=\"Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer. 4 Test ser...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/bd134_300px-Sachin_at_the_other_end.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer. 4 Test series vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photo: Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The world-leading <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/birell-is-new-proteas-assistant-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Proteas<\/a> Castle Lager Test squad will play three Sunfoil Test matches each against both countries while the Proteas Castle Lager ODI squad will play seven Momentum ODI\u2019s against India and the Proteas Blue Label T20 squad will play two KFC T20 International matches against India and three against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The India tour starts on November 18 and concludes with the third Sunfoil Test match at the Bidvest <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Wanderers Stadium\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-26.1311583333,28.0574138889spn=0.01,0.01q=-26.1311583333,28.0574138889 (Wanderers%20Stadium)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Wanderers Stadium<\/a> from January 15 until January 19.<\/p>\n<p>Australia start their tour on February 5 and conclude with the final KFC T20 International match at SuperSport Park on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will then fly direct to Bangladesh for the ICC World Twenty20 2014. The preliminary round starts on March 16 and the main competition on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt promises to be a wonderful summer of hotly contested international cricket,\u201d commented CSA Acting CEO Naasei Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia are the current undisputed champions of 50 overs cricket and it was not that long ago that they briefly held the No. 1 ranking in Test cricket as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sharma-akmal-fork-out-cash-after-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Indian players<\/a> have always been very popular in South Africa and their maestro, Sachin Tendulkar, has currently played 198 Test matches. 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