Enoch Nkwe outlines plans for next year’s World Cup on home soil

The tournament will be played in October and November next year, and is set to be hosted mainly in South Africa and supported by Namibia and Zimbabwe. 

The Proteas will carry the weight of expectation on their shoulders to finally break the limited overs trophy duck, and Nkwe has outlined exclusively to SABC Sport exactly how they plan on doing that. 

“Looking at the road to the 2027 Cricket World Cup, the team upon their return from New Zealand will have some time to debrief and see how we restrategise for the next 18 months and see where the gaps are’, said Nkwe. 

“There’s definitely an opportunity for us to do some good work on individuals over the winter, but going to the summer obviously we’ve got Australia, England and Bangladesh. The beauty about it is that there’s some good stability in the Test team, and we want to continue to build on that. The plan is obviously to stabilise the ODI squad, and hopefully by the end of the year we’ll be in a stronger position to look and review, and also have the confidence of the 20-odd group of players in the ODI that we basically are going to be trimming down to”.

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The Proteas will host Australia for three 50 over matches and three Test matches in September and October, followed by Bangladesh in all three formats in November and December. 

England will then descend on these shores for three Tests – including the Boxing Day match and into the turn of the year for the One Day Internationals. 

“Look it’s an exciting summer ahead and we’re definitely going to be zoning in and stabilising the ODI space”, concluded Nkwe.

While South Africa have found some success in the Test arena recently, they still haven’t gotten over the line in coloured clothing. 

They were eliminated in the semi-finals of the previous 50-over World Cup in India by Australia.