On paper, South Africa have a squad that is well balanced, with in-form batters throughout the order, three seam-bowling allrounders, three spin options, and two out-and-out quicks. On the field, it hasn’t always gone according to plan.
South Africa’s ODI record since the last World Cup is poor (see below) and they have not had much match time together thanks to a packed international and league schedule. That explains the dip in results, and also means they haven’t had much recent time together as a team. Whether that still matters, in the ever-transient world of modern cricket, remains to be seen.
What they have had is recent experience in Pakistan, thanks to the mini tri-series, although they lost both matches. They would have also benefited from a week’s worth of acclimatising and training in the same city they kick off their Champions Trophy campaign in, Karachi. In a group where they play one team as severely out of form as them, England, and another hit by several absentees, Australia, South Africa will see the semi-finals as the first target.
Feb 21: South Africa vs Afghanistan, Karachi
Feb 25: South Africa vs Australia, Rawalpindi
Mar 1: South Africa vs England, Karachi
1. Temba Bavuma, 2 Ryan Rickelton, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Heinrich Klaasen, 6 David Miller, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Lungi Ngidi 11 Tabraiz Shamsi
Rest of the squad: Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Wiaan Mulder
South Africa have lost six ODIs in a row ahead of the Champions Trophy. Their longest losing streak is ten matches.
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