'...It is Cricket South Africa’s official policy to support four-day Test match cricket.'
Marius Schoeman, Chris Nenzani, Beresford Williams and Zola Thamae during the CSA media briefing at Inter-Continental Hotel, OR Tambo International Airport on December 07, 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.Cricket South Africa have moved swiftly to reiterate their support for four-day Test cricket after a news report claimed that they were not in favour of the format.
A terse CSA statement issued on Tuesday morning read:"In view of an unsourced and misleading report in the media this morning‚ please be advised that it is Cricket South Africa’s official policy to support four-day Test match cricket. "We‚ in fact‚ hosted the first official four-day Test match between ourselves and Zimbabwe a couple of years ago.”
SA have indeed played a four-day Test when they hosted Zimbabwe in a Boxing Day encounter at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth. In what was also SA's first home day-night Test‚ they won that game by a comfortable innings and 125 runs.Zimbabwe were rolled over for 68 and 121 as the game ended in two days.
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