South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2020

The South Africa women's cricket team were scheduled to tour England to play the England women's cricket team in September 2020.[1] The tour was scheduled to consist of four Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and two Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with all the matches taking place at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[2] However, in August 2020, the tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

 
  England women South Africa women
Dates 1 – 16 September 2020
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series

Background

In April 2020, England's series against the India women's cricket team was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] A month later, Clare Connor, the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), suggested that this tour could become a tri-series with India and South Africa.[5][6] On 18 June 2020, the ECB named a squad of 24 players to who will return to training,[7] with ongoing discussions with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) about a possible tri-series.[8] On 6 July 2020, the ECB confirmed discussions were still ongoing to host the matches, behind closed doors.[9][10] However, on 20 July 2020, reports stated that India would not tour, due to the impact of the pandemic in India, with the ECB looking to add further matches between England and South Africa.[11]

When the ECB published the original fixtures for the tour in January 2020, the matches were scheduled to be played at six different venues around England.[12] On 21 July 2020, the ECB announced that all the fixtures would take place at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[13] All of the team's training will also take place at the venue,[14] in a bio-secure environment.[15] As a result, Derbyshire County Cricket Club will play their Championship matches away from home when the season starts.[16] On 23 July 2020, Cricket South Africa named a 24-woman squad to begin training in Pretoria ahead of the series.[17] During the first week of August, England women played warm-up matches in Derby.[18]

On 15 August 2020, the ECB confirmed that they were also in talks with Cricket West Indies.[19] The West Indies women's cricket team could tour England in place of the South African team, due to an increase in coronavirus restrictions in South Africa.[20] On 18 August 2020, Cricket South Africa confirmed that their women's team would not be travelling to England due to the pandemic.[21] Despite the cancellation, the ECB also confirmed they were in talks with other cricket boards to host a possible tour in a bio-secure environment.[22] On 25 August 2020, the ECB confirmed that the West Indies women's team would be touring England.[23]

WT20I series

1st WT20I
1 September 2020
18:30 (D/N)
v

2nd WT20I
4 September 2020
18:30 (D/N)
v

WODI series

1st WODI
8 September 2020
13:00 (D/N)
v

2nd WODI
11 September 2020
13:00 (D/N)
v

3rd WODI
13 September 2020
11:00
v

4th WODI
16 September 2020
13:00 (D/N)
v

References
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  19. "England women could host West Indies next month with South Africa series under threat due to Covid-19". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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  21. "South Africa Women not to tour England in September 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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