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England cricket tours to South Africa didn’t used to be extended sleepovers

ODI series will last less than a week – a far cry from 13,000-mile round trips made by steamer and 60-hour coach journeys

A philosophical question: does England’s one-day international series in South Africa really count as an overseas tour? The first match takes place on Friday, the last on the following Wednesday. Two of the games are at the same ground in Bloemfontein and the other within day-tripping distance – you can get to Kimberley in less than two hours on the bus. It will be the briefest, slightest cricketing incursion an England team has made to the country. Perhaps, in a modern age of peripatetic players and bite-size schedules, any tour less than a week in length could be reclassified as an “intervention”, or possibly an “extended sleepover”.

Such a drive-by affair would have been a sci-fi fantasy to the first England team to make the journey, in the 19th century. When Major Robert Gardner Warton set sail from Dartmouth to Cape Town in 1888, with a party of seven amateurs and seven professionals, it was practically a pioneering expedition. The potential folly of the endeavour is perfectly captured by Richard Parry and André Odendaal in their overarching history of England’s tours to South Africa, Swallows and Hawke , which was published last year.

Even at the height of an era “characterised by overconfidence, arrogance, ignorance and a relish for risk”, the first cricket tour to southern Africa was a particularly ludicrous idea, say Parry and Odendaal. On the field, the hosts may not have been expected to present too much of a challenge – most of the matches were played against odds for that very reason – but the climate, distances, transport and overall logistics certainly did.

Fixtures were interspersed with journeys of enormous length and discomfort. A 13,000-mile round trip by steamer, with ample food and entertainment, was luxury compared to the travel required between games. With the development of the railways within the Transvaal Republic embargoed under President Kruger, the England team were required to cover nearly 800 miles of their tour by horse-drawn coach or cart.

Charles Aubrey Smith, who captained the side and displayed a flair for the theatrical long before he became a Hollywood actor, wrote a vivid report of the tour for the Sportsman magazine; it included an account of a 60-hour coach journey between Kimberley and Johannesburg, each player wedged tightly against the next. “How we hated our neighbours whose elbows were continually finding our ribs,” he wrote. “How we abused those behind for grinding our backs with their knees.”

Even that stretch wasn’t as painful as the leg to Pietermaritzburg, whose roads, according to Warton, were “strewn with large boulders over which we bumped mercilessly, until our heads and every joint of our bodies ached”.

Either through optimism, poor planning or foolhardy courage, the team also attempted the treacherous mountain passes of the Outeniquas in the dark – until they nearly lost their top batter Bobby Abel over the side and Smith agreed to call a halt til dawn. On another occasion, a group of players were forced to steer a 10-horse coach in an overnight storm after realising the drivers were incapacitated through alcohol and fatigue.

Warton’s tour was a financial flop, but at least it didn’t end with its captain arrested for non-payment of debt as the following one did. If the first tour seemed reckless, the management of the second, led by Walter Read two years later, appears almost delusional. By the time the players landed on the Cape in December 1891, the kitty was already missing the £750 they owed for their ship’s passage.

Captain Read and the tour manager, Edwin Ash, sought emergency funding from a Scottish entrepreneur, James Logan, who had identified cricket as a tool for marketing his business and increasing his social cachet in his adopted country. It was left ambiguous whether Logan’s advance of £750 was a loan or investment; either way, after 14 weeks of Read’s unappealing, risk-averse brand of cricket, the crowds had ceased to show and Logan’s money was gone.

In Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa, Dean Allen recounts how Logan “fearing that he would not be repaid” had Read and Ash detained on their way to the boat that was to take them home to England. They spent three hours under arrest before their ship was finally allowed to depart. In the year to come, Logan would win his legal case against them in Cape Town’s supreme court and a judge ordered them to repay the original loan plus £107 in costs.

As Allen’s book demonstrates, this “moral victory” proved as effective a PR boost for Logan’s reputation as his initial sponsorship of the tour and he went on to shape the early development of cricket in South Africa.

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What’s unavoidable in the freshly told histories of these early tours is the sense that a lot of people were on the make. Logan’s contributions to cricket covered over some seriously sharp business practice and one of the reasons Read and Ash’s tour went bust was because they were paying themselves more, as amateurs, than they offered the professionals.

Aubrey Smith, meanwhile, used his tour to network with mining moguls, and stayed on when the rest travelled home to set up an unsuccessful stockbroking business with his teammate Monty Bowden.

Perhaps it’s helpful to know, in the calendar-driven angst about the future of the game, that even cricket’s so-called golden age was as beholden to commercial interests as any other.

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3 ODIs in Bloemfontein & Kimberley

January – February 2023

1st ODI (D/N) – Friday 27th January Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein

2nd ODI  – Sunday 29th January Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein

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England’s ODI tour to South Africa in January is the perfect time to escape the chilly British winter and enjoy the wall to wall sunshine, blue skies and vitamin D on offer in sunny South Africa. The tour will take you to two unusual destinations for cricket supporters – Bloemfontein and Kimberley. Bloemfontein has the only museum solely dedicated to the Anglo Boer war so for military enthusiasts it is a must visit and Kimberley, having been the centre of the diamond mining industry in South Africa is home to the largest man made “diamond diggers hole” in the world. The beautifully restored Kimberley Club is a must visit too having been the African colonial ‘Gentleman’s club’ outpost for the British mining magnates such as Cecil John Rhodes and his cronies!

Combine the cricket matches with visits to game lodges, the Garden Route or Cape Town and you will be blown away by the beauty, hospitality, history and cultural diversity of South Africa.

One of the few countries in the world where you can experience a true African safari and see the Big Five – a visit to one of the country’s game reserves is a must. Whether it’s the huge world famous Kruger National Park – the size of a small country – or one of the smaller more intimate game reserves you could see lions at dawn, elephant at breakfast, and rhino at sundowners.

South African hospitality is legendary – we love to meet new people and passionately recommend our favourite places. The country is a true melting pot of many fascinating cultures. Nowhere is this more evident than in the mouthwatering cuisine offered by a huge variety of restaurants from Michelin standard haute cuisine to ‘braai’ (barbecue) shacks in the remotest of villages.

Don’t forget the wine!! A visit to the ‘Mother City’ of Cape Town is a must for a trip to the beautiful winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and a chance of sampling some really world class wines in the most beautiful mountain scenery. Try South African special Pinotage, a fruity red-blend, or MCC, the country’s very own, perfectly delicious bubbly.

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T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa Squad Announced, This SunRisers Hyderabad Star To Lead Side

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England have announced their squad for the t20 world cup 2024., fast bowler jofra archer has made his comeback after successfully recovering from his elbow injury..

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The reigning champions, England, have unveiled their squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 , with Jos Buttler retaining his leadership role for the English team in the forthcoming multi-team tournament. The announcement was made by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) via their official X account.

Fast bowler Jofra Archer has made a comeback to England’s white-ball squad as he readies himself to resume competitive cricket following nearly a year on the sidelines. Archer has been deemed fit after recuperating from a right elbow injury that sidelined him from competitive action since May 2023.

Another notable inclusion in the squad is the return of all-rounder Chris Jordan , edging out Chris Woakes . Jordan’s versatility, especially his ability to contribute with the bat lower down the order, has earned him a place in the team. Jordan’s recent performance in the 2023 Vitality Blast, has bolstered England’s options.

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In a strategic move, England have also decided to recall their players from the Indian Premier League (IPL) ahead of the Pakistan T20I series scheduled to commence from May 22. This decision means that several star cricketers will depart the IPL prematurely, sacrificing their participation in the playoffs. The English squad is set to depart for the Caribbean on May 31, gearing up for their opening group match against Scotland at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, on Wednesday, June 4.

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Ladies European Tour: England's Rosie Davies sees hopes fade at South African Women's Open

Watch final round of South African Women's Open live on Sky Sports Golf from 11am on Sunday - Belgium's Manon de Roey leads by three strokes with English duo Rosie Davies and Gabriella Cowley six shots adrift as they pursue first Ladies European Tour victories

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England's Rosie Davies slipped six shots off the pace at the Investec South African Women's Open with Belgium's Manon de Roey to take a three-stroke lead into Sunday's final round.

Davies, who shared the lead after round one and trailed de Roey by just one shot after round two, carded a second successive one-under 71 and is now at eight under for the event at Erinvale Country & Golf Estate.

The 34-year-old was at 10 under for the tournament but then double bogeyed 17 and is now tied for fifth with compatriot Gabriella Cowley who, like Davies, is eying a first win on the Ladies European Tour.

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Cowley shot a five-under 67 on Saturday with the highlight an eagle three at the par-five seventh, while leader De Roey registered a six-under 66, including nine birdies, to propel herself to 14 under.

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De Roey, who reeled off four birdies in a row between 11th and 14th holes, said: "I tried to stay patient all day. I started quite strong and created chances for myself.

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"I'm really looking forward to the final round. I've been playing quite solid all year with a few top-10s. I'll just keep doing what I've been doing, make some putts and we'll see what happens."

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De Roey has one victory on the Ladies European Tour so far, at the 2022 Aramco Team Series - Bangkok when she beat Sweden's Johanna Gustavsson by three strokes.

Her nearest challenger in South Africa is now Ines Laklalech on 11 under, with the Moroccan recording a seven-under 65, in which she went blemish-free across her first 16 holes.

However, Laklalech then dropped two shots at the 16th, denting her hopes of overhauling De Roey on the final day and securing a second Ladies European Tour title, after the 2022 Lacoste Ladies Open de France.

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• WOMEN Bangladesh Women v India Women Bangladesh Women vs India Women 2nd T20I
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• ICC Womens T20WCQ 2024 Netherlands Women vs United Arab Emirates Women 12th Match, Group B
• Uganda Women vs Thailand Women 11th Match, Group A
• Sri Lanka Women vs Uganda Women 14th Match, Group A
• Netherlands Women vs Zimbabwe Women 13th Match, Group B
• Thailand Women vs United States Women 16th Match, Group A
• Ireland Women vs Vanuatu Women 15th Match, Group B
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