Proteas pick up CWC pointers

Cape Town – Coming hot on the heels of the Springboks’ upset by Ireland, South Africa’s tight Twenty20 international match – and by extension series – defeat to arch-rivals Australia on Sunday completed a slightly harrowing weekend for the domestic sports public.

But the cricket reverse at Stadium Australia in Sydney is less worrisome, given that T20 is a pretty low priority at present and the real deal, if you like, starts with the five-match ODI series from Friday in Perth.