Blockbuster summer of cricket: Proteas to play eight home Tests

Temba Bavuma will lead the Proteas Test team in eight matches this home summer. Picture: Prakash Singh/Getty Images Home matches, including Test series’, against Australia, Bangladesh and England will light up the South African summer later this year and into 2027. First up is a multi-format tour against Australia, beginning with a three-match ODI series from 24 to 30 September.

The Tests will take place in Durban, Gqeberha and Cape Town. The Proteas will then welcome Bangladesh for an all-format tour. The Test side will first take centre stage in a two-match series on the Highveld, with the first Test at the Wanderers from 15 to 19 November, followed by the second Test in Centurion from 23 to 27 November.

The white-ball leg of the tour begins four days later with a three-match ODI series from 1 to 7 December, giving fans in East London, Gqeberha and Cape Town the opportunity to see the Proteas in action. The T20 international series will then be staged across Kimberley, Benoni and Centurion from 10 to 13 December. The international summer then reaches its peak with a three-match Test series against England.

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The first Test gets underway on 17 December at the Wanderers, before the traditional Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion and the iconic New Year’s Test at Newlands. The season concludes with a three-match ODI series against England, with matches in Paarl and Bloemfontein, who’ll host the last two matches.

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