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The league's commissioner, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, said teams would be allowed to field a maximum of four foreigners per match when the competition gets underway next year. It is to start on January 23, as South Africa make a belated entry into the increasingly lucrative T20 market, and will run for a month.
Cricket South Africa's new T20 tournament finally has a name in the form of SA20 and its commissioner, Graeme Smith, said player availability is the least of their problems.
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has suggested that very soon, there may only be five or six countries that will be playing Test cricket. He said that right now, it is the "big cricketing nations" that are contributing to the longest - and oldest - format of the game and that we won't see too many competitive teams. His comments come in the backdrop of the rapid growth of franchise-based T20 leagues across the world. South Africa and UAE have announced new T20 leagues that will begin from next year.
England captain Ben Stokes insisted he was "absolutely fine" with his side's "off-game" after a humiliating innings and 12-run defeat in the first Test against South Africa at Lord's.
cricket under former skipper Virat Kohli, according to South African legend Graeme Smith, who reckons only five or six countries may be playing the longest format in the coming years. Smith feels just a handful of nations are contributing to the development of Test cricket at the moment. "With Test cricket, it's just iconic nations or the big cricketing nations that are contributing to Test cricket at the moment," Smith said on 'Sky Sports' during day three of the first Test between South Africa and England.
India led the way in the development of Test cricket under former skipper Virat Kohli, according to South African legend Graeme Smith, who reckons only five or six countries may be playing the longest format in the coming years. Smith feels just a handful of nations are contributing to the development of Test cricket at the moment.
England captain Ben Stokes insisted he was "absolutely fine" with his side's "off-game" after a humiliating innings and 12-run defeat in the first Test against South Africa at Lord's. The hosts were comprehensively outplayed as the Proteas won inside three days, with this reverse England's first loss under their new red-ball leadership duo of skipper Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum following a run of four successive wins.
The hosts were comprehensively outplayed as the Proteas won inside three days, with this reverse England's first loss under their new red-ball leadership duo of skipper Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum following a run of four successive wins. It was only England's fourth innings defeat in 128 years of Test matches at Lord's and the first since a South Africa team led by Graeme Smith enjoyed a similar thumping in 2003.