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Cricket | South Africa play down Bangla hopes | ESPNSTAR.com
South Africa play down Bangla hopes
Cricket South Africa are "unlikely" to give their approval to a proposed series against Bangladesh, according to South African Cricketers' Association chief executive Tony Irish.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is reportedly keen on playing three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 internationals in May, and CSA acting chief executive Jacques Faul confirmed the idea is under consideration.
A meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday between the SACA and CSA where a final decision will be taken on the series, which will fall outside the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Future Tours Programme.
Irish said: "Both CSA and SACA are required to agree to the series but, in my opinion, it is unlikely to go ahead.
"Because it is an addition to the Future Tours Programme, we think it will be very difficult to arrange such a series."
South Africa are looking at a packed cricketing schedule before and after the ICC World Twenty20, which takes place in September in Sri Lanka.
The Proteas will play Zimbabwe in five practice T20 matches in June, then travel to England for over two months from July, after which they will head to the World T20. They also visit Australia in October-November and host New Zealand in December.
In addition, several South African players are currently playing in the County Championship and the Indian Premier League - with the exceptions of Graeme Smith, who is injured, and Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Mark Boucher who did not secure IPL contracts.
Irish said: "It's a difficult time for our players with a lot of them being away, so it will be tough to schedule [the Bangladesh series] in."
The BCB proposal comes less than a week after Bangladesh's scheduled late-April tour to Pakistan was postponed by a high court order in Dhaka.
South Africa play down Bangla hopes
Cricket South Africa are "unlikely" to give their approval to a proposed series against Bangladesh, according to South African Cricketers' Association chief executive Tony Irish.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is reportedly keen on playing three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 internationals in May, and CSA acting chief executive Jacques Faul confirmed the idea is under consideration.
A meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday between the SACA and CSA where a final decision will be taken on the series, which will fall outside the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Future Tours Programme.
Irish said: "Both CSA and SACA are required to agree to the series but, in my opinion, it is unlikely to go ahead.
"Because it is an addition to the Future Tours Programme, we think it will be very difficult to arrange such a series."
South Africa are looking at a packed cricketing schedule before and after the ICC World Twenty20, which takes place in September in Sri Lanka.
The Proteas will play Zimbabwe in five practice T20 matches in June, then travel to England for over two months from July, after which they will head to the World T20. They also visit Australia in October-November and host New Zealand in December.
In addition, several South African players are currently playing in the County Championship and the Indian Premier League - with the exceptions of Graeme Smith, who is injured, and Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Mark Boucher who did not secure IPL contracts.
Irish said: "It's a difficult time for our players with a lot of them being away, so it will be tough to schedule [the Bangladesh series] in."
The BCB proposal comes less than a week after Bangladesh's scheduled late-April tour to Pakistan was postponed by a high court order in Dhaka.
