
Despite beating India in the first ODI, South Africa's route to the 2023 World Cup increasingly seems as if they will have to play the qualifier in Zimbabwe ©Getty
If you have reason to travel from South Africa to Zimbabwe next June, best you don't delay buying your tickets. They will be in bigger demand than usual because a significant proportion of them are likely to be booked in the names of people like Temba Bavuma, Kagiso Rabada and Quinton de Kock.
The South Africans' route to the 2023 World Cup increasingly seems as if it will have to pass through the country immediately north of theirs, where the tournament's qualifier will be played.
That was true before