JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced that the women’s team will be hosting Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for two women’s white-ball series in the 2023-24 season. While Bangladesh will be touring South Africa from December 3-23, Sri Lanka is scheduled to tour the country from March 27-April 17, 2024.
South Africa is currently on white-ball tour of Pakistan and will host New Zealand at home before taking on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. South Africa will take on Bangladesh in a three-match T20I series on December 3, 6 and 8.
This will be followed by a three-match ODI series between the two teams from December 16-23 and is a part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 (IWC), which offers points towards 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup qualification.
The venues for the Bangladesh tour will span four cities: Benoni, Kimberley, East London and Potchefstroom. South Africa will then welcome Sri Lanka at the end of the 2023-24 season. It comprises three T20Is to be hosted by Benoni, Potchefstroom and East London from March 27-April 3, before three ODIs take place in East London, Kimberley and Potchefstroom from April 9-17.
CSA added that both tours will feature a 50-over warm-up match ahead of the respective IWC One-Dayers, with a South Africa XI taking on their Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan counterparts. IANS
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