Cricket South Africa CSA missed an enormous opportunity to boost interest in the start of the 2025/2026 season by not aligning it with the Test Mace Trophy tour that ends in Cape Town on Friday.
Three months after Lords, it feels a bit lame that players are still taking open-top bus rides to a few schools and cricket grounds where they were greeted by enthusiastic children.
Meanwhile, the domestic season started on Thursday with three Division One matches in the CSA Four-Day series in Gqeberha, Paarl and Potchefstroom.