Discussions are underway to call the Australia-South Africa Check trophy however an announcement won’t come earlier than the tip of the three-match collection.
Australia and the Proteas have had certainly one of world cricket’s fiercest rivalries since South Africa was readmitted into worldwide sport in 1992 when the nation’s apartheid regime was coming to an finish.
However the trophy for the Check collection between the nation’s groups stays anonymous regardless of many fierce battles over the past 30 years.
Australia performs for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards India, the Frank Worrell Trophy towards the West Indies and the collection in Pakistan this yr the Benaud-Qadir Trophy was up for grabs for the primary time.
Cricket Australia chief government Nick Hockley mentioned the choice was for each collection their groups contest to have a reputation.
“I do suppose it offers a bit of additional essence and that means to it so it is one thing we’ll have an excellent take into consideration following this collection,” Hockley informed SEN Cricket on Sunday.
“There’s so much up for grabs on this collection with a World Check Championship berth on the road in order that’s one thing we’ll proceed to consider and speak about going ahead.
“Definitely our discussions across the Pakistan collection there have been much more consideration and discussions and we labored on that for a lot of months so I believe it is higher to get it proper moderately than a rushed resolution.”
Forward of the 2016-17 collection, Cricket Australia’s web site gave followers an choice to call the perpetual trophy.
“We would love to listen to what followers suppose this collection may be referred to as, and we encourage dialogue to think about the names of previous gamers however not be restricted by that,” former CA chief government James Sutherland mentioned on the time.
Nonetheless, curiosity waned and a reputation was by no means settled on.
Ideas this week centered round former star batsman Kepler Wessels, the one cricketer to play Check cricket for each Australia and South Africa.
Australian captains Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Adam Gilchrist have been raised as contenders, as have South African legends Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald and Graeme Smith.
