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TELFORD VICE in London
FAF du Plessis’ team could help Cricket South Africa (CSA) put a dent in their debt at the imminent World Cup.
An International Cricket Council release on Friday said a total of US$10-million would be on the table at the tournament, which starts on May 30 with a match between England and South Africa at the Oval in London.
Should South Africa win that game and all eight of their other league matches as well as their semi-final, and go all the way to their first World Cup title, they will come home with US$4 360 000 — or R63 984 275 in Friday’s money.
The players will keep 80% of whatever they win and Cricket South Africa are meant to plough the remaining 20% into development, but they might be tempted to use it to ease the losses of R654-million they told parliament in October they would incur in the rights cycle that ends in 2022.
The six teams who make it through the league stage will earn US$100 000 each, with a loss in the semi-finals worth US$800 000. The champions will bank US$4-million and the beaten finalists half as much.
The 2019 World Cup will be the fifth edition of the global one-day showpiece to be staged in England, and will comprise 46 games played at 11 grounds around the country.
On Friday, bookmakers Ladbrokes listed England as 15/8 favourites to win with India at 3/1.
Odds of 9/2 were offered on an Australia victory — which would be their fifth triumph in the 12 World Cups yet played — with South Africa and New Zealand at 9/1.
South Africa’s squad leaves for England on Sunday and will play warm-up games against Sri Lanka and West Indies in Cardiff and Bristol next Friday and on May 28.
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