The postponement is the third major incident to affect domestic cricket this summer
South Africa’s final round of four-day domestic franchise fixtures in 2020 have been postponed after a spate of Covid-19 cases in the midst of the country’s second wave of the pandemic. The matches will be replayed in 2021, with domestic cricket on pause until the start of the One Day cup, on January 8.
ESPNcricinfo had earlier reported that 10 of South Africa’s 16-man squad participated in matches where positive cases of coronavirus were detected, putting their participation for the first Test against Sri Lanka in doubt. As a result, with several players infected across at least two of the six franchises, CSA could not take the risk of having the round that was scheduled to start on Sunday go ahead.
That means matches between the Knights and the Cobras at Newlands, between the Warriors and Dolphins in Port Elizabeth, and between the Lions and Titans in Johannesburg will be played at a later…