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Former captain of Proteas Faf du Plessis said the players quarantined for two weeks before and after the Twenty20 World Cup it could allow it to take place in Australia this year despite the coronavirus pandemic.
The tournament will be played in October-November, but uncertainty exists after the cancellation of other major sporting events. Some countries have also landed international flights.
“I read that traveling will be a problem for many countries,” Du Plessis said during a live Facebook conversation with the Bangladesh opening. Tamim Iqbal late Wednesday
“Obviously, Australia is not affected like other countries, but to attract people from Bangladesh, South Africa or India, where there is more danger with the virus, it is obviously a health risk.”
“But you can actually come in before the tournament (during) two weeks of isolation and then play the tournament and then two weeks of isolation.”
The game’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), postponed on Tuesday the qualifiers for next year’s Women’s World Cup and the U-19 World Cup 2022.
Both were due in July.
The ICC said in April that planning for the Twenty20 World Cup was still going on as scheduled.
Du Plessis also spoke about his team’s heartbreaking loss to New Zealand in the 2015 World Cup semi-final.
“I have never been so broken by a game of cricket,” he said.
“That game specifically had never seen so many absolutely destroyed adult men. As if half the team was crying and you know the South Africans, we acted like we were tough guys.”
