Cricket South Africa (CSA) emerging women’s team is set to return to international cricket when they play host to the Thailand women’s side in September.
The SA Women’s emerging side will play their third series this year against the rising Asian outfit in a five-match ODI and three-match WT20 series at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.
The tour is scheduled to commence with the first ODI on September 5 and run until the final fixture on September 19.
The tour will be the cornerstone of a training camp that marks the start of preparations for the team’s summer campaign, which promises to be a testing period for the players who will be looking to stake their claim for a spot in the Momentum Proteas Women’s World Cup team.
For the visitors, it will be a welcome return to international cricket, which saw a number of their scheduled international matches, included planned tours, cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Thailand senior women’s team is expected to have a strong squad to field against the SA emerging team that produced some stellar performances in their recent tour to Zimbabwe.
The visitors will use this tour as preparation for their all-important 2021 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in December in Sri Lanka, where teams will compete for the three available spots into the main draw of this marquee event.
This will be the first time an international women’s cricket fixture has been held at Senwes Park since 2019.
