{"id":95928,"date":"2017-07-03T12:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T10:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-faf-du-plessis-to-miss-first-england-vs-south-africa-test-due-to-family-reasons\/"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T10:11:44","slug":"sa-news-faf-du-plessis-to-miss-first-england-vs-south-africa-test-due-to-family-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-faf-du-plessis-to-miss-first-england-vs-south-africa-test-due-to-family-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Faf du Plessis to miss first England vs South Africa Test due to family reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2fcricket%2f2017%2f07%2f03%2ffaf-du-plessis-miss-first-england-vs-south-africa-test-due-family%2f&#038;c=5463441236665189862&#038;mkt=en-us\">Faf du Plessis to miss first England vs South Africa Test due to family reasons<\/a>: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will miss the first test against England at Lords starting on Thursday due to family reasons, the cricket board confirmed on Monday. Du Plessis has stayed in South Africa to be with wife Imari following the birth of the &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2fcricket%2f2017%2f07%2f03%2ffaf-du-plessis-miss-first-england-vs-south-africa-test-due-family%2f&#038;c=5463441236665189862&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cricbuzz.com%2fcricket-news%2f95575%2fvernon-philander-fit-for-lords-test-south-africa-vs-england&#038;c=13533665053211075169&#038;mkt=en-us\">Vernon Philander fit for Lord&#8217;s Test<\/a>: However, those performances in England and New Zealand will not be of much concern to South Africa as Philander has enjoyed a good year with the ball otherwise. The seamer has bagged 29 wickets in the remaining six Tests he played (three each against &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cricbuzz.com%2fcricket-news%2f95575%2fvernon-philander-fit-for-lords-test-south-africa-vs-england&#038;c=13533665053211075169&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fbetting.betfair.com%2fcricket%2fengland-cricket%2fengland-v-south-africa-1st-test-betting-thursday-6-july-030717-201.html&#038;c=17413364875730112454&#038;mkt=en-us\">England v South Africa 1st Test Betting: Ballance has to prove he belongs and is not just the captain&#8217;s mate<\/a>: Anyone who has ever picked a team for anything from a boys Under 9 game to an international side in a World Cup final will have heard the accusation that they have their favourites. There&#8217;s always at least one selection out of 11 that somebody disagrees with.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fbetting.betfair.com%2fcricket%2fengland-cricket%2fengland-v-south-africa-1st-test-betting-thursday-6-july-030717-201.html&#038;c=17413364875730112454&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.zalebs.com%2fwhats-hot%2fsomizi-says-simbas-death-overshadowed-news%2f&#038;c=18238151286758573032&#038;mkt=en-us\">Somizi&#8217;s Idols SA job announcement was a bittersweet experience<\/a>: But unfortunately, his exciting announcement came on a day when South Africa would mourn one of it&#8217;s most lovable TV presenters. Somizi&#8217;s book Dominoes is a story about his life, his highs and lows and those moments that changed his life forever.<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.zalebs.com%2fwhats-hot%2fsomizi-says-simbas-death-overshadowed-news%2f&#038;c=18238151286758573032&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fin24.com%2fCompanies%2fIndustrial%2fboks-and-bafana-score-free-flights-worth-millions-on-board-broke-saa-20170703&#038;c=13264319975403914229&#038;mkt=en-us\">Boks and Bafana score free flights worth millions on board broke SAA<\/a>: The loss in revenue was revealed when Gigaba provided feedback into SAA\u2019s sponsorship deals dating back to 2013, which went to South Africa\u2019s national sport teams, Miss South Africa and a jazz event. The sponsorship deals gave these entities millions &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=4BA93681E4B04BEC885B2D8AFC44C322&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fin24.com%2fCompanies%2fIndustrial%2fboks-and-bafana-score-free-flights-worth-millions-on-board-broke-saa-20170703&#038;c=13264319975403914229&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faf du Plessis to miss first England vs South Africa Test due to family reasons: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will miss the first test against England at Lords starting on Thursday due to family reasons, the cricket board confirmed on Monday. Du Plessis has stayed in South Africa to be with wife Imari [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[428,9941,2919,3944,7587,830,20737,8020,3576,4084],"class_list":{"0":"post-95928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-england","9":"tag-family","10":"tag-first","11":"tag-miss","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-plessis","14":"tag-reasons","15":"tag-south","16":"tag-test","17":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}