I a bid to breathe new life in Test cricket, the ICC has initiated the ICC World Test Championship, a tournament which will feature the top 9 Test-playing nations of the world in a tournament which will end in 2021.
Each country will play 3 home series and 3 away series before the two best teams of the tournament meet each other at Lord's in July 2021.
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South Africa had been a force to reckon with in the longest format of cricket in the last 8-10 years. However, after the retirement of their star players, the team is just a shadow of its former self. The young, inexperienced players will have to play out of their skins to ensure that the Proteas make it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship.
On that note, let us have a look at the complete schedule of the South African team -
South Africa ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 time table
South Africa tour of India, 2019-20
October 2nd-6th: India vs South Africa, First Test, Visakhapatnam
October 10th-14th: India vs South Africa, Second Test, Pune
October 19th-23rd: India vs South Africa, Third Test, Ranchi
England tour of South Africa, 2019-20
December 26th-30th: South Africa vs England, First Test, Centurion
January 3rd-7th: South Africa vs England, Second Test, Cape Town
January 16th-20th: South Africa vs England, Third Test, Port Elizabeth
January 24th-28th: South Africa vs England, Fourth Test, Johannesburg
South Africa tour of West Indies, 2020
July 2020: West Indies vs South Africa, First Test, TBD
July 2020: West Indies vs South Africa, Second Test, TBD
South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2020-21
January 2021: Pakistan vs South Africa, First Test, TBD
January 2021: Pakistan vs South Africa, Second Test, TBD
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2020-21
January 2021: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, First Test, TBD
January 2021: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Second Test, TBD
Australia tour of South Africa, 2020-21
February 2021: South Africa vs Australia, First Test, TBD
February 2021: South Africa vs Australia, Second Test, TBD
February 2021: South Africa vs Australia, Third Test, TBD
Also Read - ICC World Test Championship Schedule 2019-21: Full-Time Table and Fixtures for all teams
At which position will South Africa finish at the end of the ICC World Test Championship? Share your views in the comments box below.
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