With the number of fringe Proteas players in the Indian Premier League limited by a lack of interest in South African players at the auction, the main attraction for national team selectors will be the performance of three established performers.
There have been more glimmers of hope during the course of the South African cricket summer than the raw numbers attest to, but one of the brightest spots has come at the tail end.
South Africa have been through a few awkward middle-order options over the years, but can certainly settle on Kyle Verreynne and Heinrich Klaasen for the foreseeable future.
The Proteas’ home summer has not brought the kind of results supporters might have hoped for, but it has offered great preparation for the T20 World Cup.
Newlands may hold a few ghosts for Steve Smith and David Warner, but it has been a happy hunting ground for the men from Down Under in Twenty20 Internationals.
The home T20Is have delivered a mixed bag from the Proteas, but there were some performers who have put their hands up.
There have been several World XIs put together for exhibition matches down the years, but there are always factors that skew the unit away from being genuinely cosmopolitan.
A thrilling T20I series against England is in the past for the Proteas, who can take plenty out of the three matches despite suffering a series defeat.
Before Trevor Bayliss built England into an ODI machine that could end their World Cup heartache, the Three Lions’ only success at a major ICC tournament was their surprise 2010 T20 World Cup win.
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Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has been tearing it up in domestic cricket for the last few years, but his progress on the international stage has been slow.
Proteas batsman David Miller has stressed that despite a new look to the team, South Africa want to win the three-ODI series against world champions England.
One of the most significant challenges that face cricket organisers is that the international game is largely played by bilateral agreement.
SA Cricket Magazine and KFC have teamed up to give away six tickets to the third KFC T20I against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town.
Ben Stokes became the second Englishman caught ‘using an audible obscenity’ during the fourth Test at the Wanderers and the second member of the squad to offer a qualified apology.
