Acting director of cricket Graeme Smith has done his sums and says the Proteas would need six weeks’ notice that international sport is back on before they would be able to tour.
With the number of Covid-19 infections steadily increasing, as well as more mortalities being recorded, there is still great uncertainty over when cricket will return to normal.
South Africa’s lockdown is due to end on 17 April.
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According to the Future Tours Programme, the Proteas are scheduled to tour Sri Lanka for three ODIs and three T20s from 1 June, but for that tour to go ahead, clearance would need to be given by 20 April.
A longer tour of the West Indies, featuring two Tests and five T20s, is due to begin on 15 July, meaning the cut-off date for that trip would be 3 June.
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