Fate of Proteas’ tour to West Indies in ICC’s hands

Cricket SA acting CEO Jacques Faul says the men’s national team West Indies’ tour, scheduled to take place at the end of next month, will be determined by this month’s International Cricket Council meeting.

As things stand‚ SA are supposed to make their first Test tour of the Caribbean in 10 years with the first Test scheduled for Trinidad on July 23 and the second Test at St Lucia on July 31.

The West Indies have three Wisden Trophy Tests against England scheduled for July 8 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton‚ followed by two at Old Trafford in Manchester on July 16 and July 24.

ESPNcricinfo reported the West Indies would arrive in England on June 9 for quarantine and isolation purposes.

“We’re waiting on two things that’ll change the Future Tours Programme,” Faul said.

“The first one is where we will be going with the T20 World Cup. Once that’s confirmed‚ that’ll reshuffle the whole FTP.”

“The second is an indication of when the Indian Premier League will take place.”

It also threatens October’s ICC T20 World Cup that’s supposed to take place in Australia.

England’s domestic season has yet to start because of Covid-19 while SA’s and Australia’s were curtailed‚ even though they were already in the final stages of completion.

Faul said there was a possibility of the itinerary changing in the event of a rescheduling.

SA are scheduled to play two T20s in Lauderhill, in Florida, US, on August 8 and 9 before returning to the West Indies to complete the series in Kingston‚ Jamaica.