Cricket South Africa announce busy 2016/17 home season

03 November 2015 - 16:55 By REUTERS

South Africa have announced a busy programme of incoming tours for the 2016-17 international season that includes series against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The Proteas will start their home test season early in a two-match series against New Zealand in August 2016 to be played in Durban and Pretoria.It will be the first time test matches will be staged in South Africa in August, still officially winter, and follows the successful hosting of New Zealand for one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches in the same month this year.The tests will be followed by a five-match ODI series against Australia from Sept. 30-Oct. 12, before Sri Lanka arrive for the longest tour of the summer in December that includes three tests, five ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals.The first five-day match (Dec. 15-19) will be played in Johannesburg, with Port Elizabeth being awarded the Boxing Day test (Dec. 26-30) ahead of Durban and Cape Town keeping its traditional New Year's encounter (Jan. 2-6, 2017).Ireland will also make a brief appearance on the calendar when they play a single ODI against South Africa and Australia each between Sept. 25-27.In between the visits by Australia and Sri Lanka, the Proteas will tour Australia for a test series and also visit New Zealand in February and March, 2017.The specifics of those two tours are yet to be announced.New Zealand Tour 2016:Aug. 19-23: 1st Test, DurbanAug. 27-31, 2nd Test, PretoriaIreland Tour 2016:Sept. 25: ODI v South Africa, BenoniSept. 27: ODI v Australia, BenoniAustralia Tour 2016:Sept. 30: 1st ODI, PretoriaOct. 2: 2nd ODI, JohannesburgOct. 5: 3rd ODI, DurbanOct. 9: 4th ODI, Port ElizabethOct. 12: 5th ODI, Cape TownSri Lanka Tour 2016-17:Dec. 15-19: 1st Test, JohannesburgDec. 26-30: 2nd Test, Port ElizabethJan. 2-6: 3rd Test, Cape TownJan. 10: 1st Twenty20, Cape TownJan. 13: 2nd Twenty20, PretoriaJan. 15: 3rd Twenty20, JohannesburgJan. 20: 1st ODI, DurbanJan. 22: 2nd ODI, Port ElizabethJan. 27: 3rd ODI, Cape TownJan. 29: 4th ODI, JohannesburgFeb. 3: 5th ODI, Pretoria ..

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