Cricket South Africa has opened its register to receive applications from South African and overseas players (which includes both foreign overseas and Kolpak players) interested in participating in Mzansi Super League 2.0 (MSL 2.0).
It was always going to be a tough ask for Bafana Bafana, coming up against one of the pre-tournament favourites first up.
When Faf du Plessis assembled his Proteas team in May, he knew that he had collected a unit that was the weakest of any that had gone before them.
Nicolas Pepe twice went close with free-kicks on another hot afternoon in Cairo but it was Jonathan Kodjia's goal on 64 minutes that gave 2015 champions Ivory Coast victory in the side's opening Group D match.
Pre-tournament favourites England slumped to their second defeat of the tournament at Headingley on Friday, falling short of the 233 needed for victory on a slow track.
The Proteas lost by 49 runs to Pakistan on Sunday, ruling themselves out of contention for the semi-finals in the process having won only one of their seven matches at the tournament, a win over minnows Afghanistan.
The 1992 champions were on the brink of elimination after losing three of their first five games, including a bruising defeat to arch-rivals India.
David Warner and Steve Smith have found themselves booed by some fans in England after returning to international cricket following year-long bans for ball-tampering.
After starting her career on the ITF circuit in Australia in 2010, she played her first WTA qualifying event at the US Open the following year.
South Africa’s 2019 Cricket World Cup campaign has plumbed to a new depth after a chastening 49 run defeat to Pakistan that leaves them with just one victory from seven matches.
