South Africa has replaced their Boxing Day Test with a Twenty20 international for the 2012-13 home seasons, during which they will host New Zealand and Pakistan. The home summer will begin the week before Christmas, after South Africa's return from a Test series in Australia. New Zealand will play three Twenty20s, two Tests and three ODIs through January, after which Pakistan will tour for a complete series in February and March.
Instead of a Test match starting on December 26, South Africa will play a Twenty20 against New Zealand in Port Elizabeth before reverting to practice for the New Year's Test in Cape Town on January 2. "We considered three important factors when we made the decision and in the end we decided it would make more sense to do it this way in terms of this tour," Jacques Faul, CSA acting chief executive, told. "
South Africa's home summer schedule
New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13:
• Dec 21-26 - three Twenty20s
• Jan 2-15 - two Tests
• Jan 19-25 - three ODIs
Pakistan in South Africa 2012-13:
• Feb 1-26 - three Tests
• March 1-3 - two Twenty20s
• March 10-24 - five ODIs
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