Playing cricket almost on the verge of Christmas seems strange since all players would be wanting to be there with their families rather than playing cricket thousands of miles away.
But this the beauty of the sport that it goes on despite seasons holidays and celebrations. And this T20I will certainly add festivities to the coming holiday season.
The visiting New Zealand team plays its firt T20I at Kingsmead, Durban - the third largets city of Siuth Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town.
What is special for the day is that Henry Davids, 32, is on the verge of fulfilling his father's dream for him to play for South Africa. When he was born, his father Henry Davids Snr was playing cricket in the small town of Pniel. Perhaps this makes him a cricketer too.
As for the visitors, stand-in captain Faf du Plessis has only just established himself as a regular member of the playing XI while none of the top-order, middle-order or bowling combinations are settled. This is all to New Zealand's advantage and they will want to shock South Africa as the hosts look to build for the future, observes cricinfo.
The opposing squads for the day are as under:
South Africa
F du Plessis*, F Behardien, H Davids, Q de Kock†, RK Kleinveldt, RE Levi, R McLaren, DA Miller, M Morkel, CH Morris, JL Ontong, RJ Peterson, AM Phangiso, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe
New Zealand
BB McCullum*, Corey J Anderson, MD Bates, TA Boult, DAJ Bracewell, DC de Boorder†, JEC Franklin, PG Fulton, MJ Guptill, RM Hira, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, C Munro, JDS Neesham, RJ Nicol
Umpires JD Cloete and S George
The match is scheduled from 21 December at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT) at Kingsmead, Durban.
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