England have confirmed their fixture list and schedule for their white-ball tour of South Africa, which will feature three T20Is followed by as many one-day internationals, starting November 27.
Cape Town will host four of the six matches of the two limited-overs series while Paarl will host the other two encounters.
What will be England’s first international tour following the Covid-19 pandemic, the squad is scheduled to depart for South Africa on November 16. They will play three intra-squad matches as well – a 50-over encounter on November 21 in Cape Town followed by two T20 practise matches on November 23 in Paarl.
The T20I series starts on November 27 with the other two matches scheduled after a one-day gap each. The first ODI will be played on December 4 while the final match of the series has been scheduled for December 9.
England white-ball tour of South Africa confirmed:
Three T20Is on November 27, 29 and December 1
Three ODIs on December 4, 6, 9 pic.twitter.com/2zVzpVZSpP— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) October 21, 2020
South Africa v England T20I series
1st T20I: Friday, November 27, Newlands, Cape Town (6pm local time, 4pm GMT)
2nd T20I: Sunday, November 29, Boland Park, Paarl (2.30pm local time, 12.30pm GMT)
3rd T20I: Tuesday, December 1, Newlands, Cape Town (6pm local time, 4pm GMT)
South Africa v England ODI series
1st ODI: Friday, December 4, Newlands, Cape Town (1pm local time, 11am GMT)
2nd ODI: Sunday, December 6, Boland Park, Paarl (10am local time, 8am GMT)
3rd ODI: Wednesday, December 9, Newlands, Cape Town (1pm local time, 11am GMT)
England played two three-match limited-overs series on their 2019/20 tour of South Africa as well, winning the T20I series 2-1 while the ODIs finished 1-1 after the second match was washed out.
