South Africa Ready For ICC T20 World Cup 2012
Proteas eager to adapt to Sri Lankan conditions The Proteas’ first call to action at the ICC World Twenty20 will be adapting to the conditions ahead of their opening Group C encounter against Zimbabwe in Hambantota on Thursday. The Proteas held their first practice session of the tournament at the Colts Cricket Ground on Sunday afternoon and got a feel for the climate, which can be challenging at times. “It’s very humid here at the moment,” Morne Morkel said. “It’s almost similar to Chennai and we expect the conditions to be fairly the same.” The players will look to steadily build their intensity as the week unfolds, and will start on Monday when they play a warm-up match against New Zealand at the Colts Cricket Ground in Colombo. “We play a game against New Zealand and for us that is the business day of the tournament, we need to work on our basics and find our feet. We have played a lot of cricket over the past few years in the sub-continent so we can’t use that as an excuse, we...
