A team from the South African national Plascon Academy is to travel to Australia to compete in a tri-nations tournament against their counterparts from New Zealand and Australia in August.

The three teams will play three-day and one-day matches in Townsville, Queensland in the first-ever competition of its kind for SA Academy players. This is the first tour undertaken by the players from the Plascon Academy since 2000, when they went to Kenya.

"The concept is really exiting and it gives our Academy guys the chance to measure themselves at international level and to test their skills against their counterparts from two top academies. We'll be seeing the elite youngsters from all three countries and the standard of cricket is sure to be fantastic," said UCB Director of Coaching Anton Ferreira.

PLASCON ACADEMY TEAM:

Hashim Amla - KZN
Maurice Aronstam - Northerns
Thandisizwe Bula - North West
Friedel de Wet - Northerns
Lucky Dladla - KZN
Davey Jacobs - North West
Imraan Khan - KZN
Rory Kleinveldt - WP
Alan Kruger - Griquas
Brent Kops - EP
Adrian McLaren - Griquas
Ryan McLaren - Free State
Alviro Pieterson - Northerns
James Schorn - Free State
Gerhard Strydom - Boland
Morne van Vuuren - Free State
Hylton Ackerman - Head Coach
Russell Domingo - Assistant Coach
Raymond Booi - Assistant Coach

ITINERARY:

Saturday 3 August - Australia v NZ (3 day match)
Sunday 4 August - Australia v NZ (3 day match)
Monday 5 August - Australia v NZ (3 day match)
Tuesday 6 August - Australia v SA (3 day match)
Wednesday 7 August - Australia v SA (3 day match)
Thursday 8 August - Australia v SA (3 day match)
Friday 9 August - SA v NZ (3 day game)
Saturday 10 August - SA v NZ (3 day game)
Sunday 11 August - SA v NZ (3 day game)
Monday 12 August - Australia v NZ (1 day game)
Tuesday 13 August - Australia v SA (1 day game)
Wednesday 14 August - SA v NZ (1 day game)
Thursday 15 August - Australia v NZ (1 day game)
Friday 16 August - Australia v SA (1 day game)
Saturday 17 August - SA v NZ (1 day game)

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