{"id":16022,"date":"2025-11-24T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-women-gear-up-for-historic-ireland-series-at-iconic-stadiums\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:22","slug":"proteas-women-gear-up-for-historic-ireland-series-at-iconic-stadiums","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-women-gear-up-for-historic-ireland-series-at-iconic-stadiums\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas Women gear up for historic Ireland series at Iconic stadiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\">The Proteas Women will open their T20 International series against Ireland <span dir=\"ltr\">on December 5<\/span> at Newlands in Cape Town, with the final One Day International set for <span dir=\"ltr\">December 19<\/span> at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">Securing fixtures at these major venues, long associated with men\u2019s cricket, marks a significant milestone for the women\u2019s game in South Africa (SA).<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">However, Coach Mandla Mashimbyi says the focus remains firmly on performance rather than location.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\u201cThe venue for me doesn&#8217;t matter, the one thing important to us is to play cricket first and foremost. And if there\u2019s an opportunity to play and showcase what we are about, it doesn\u2019t matter where we are playing. If we get the big stadiums that\u2019s an added value, and playing at Newlands and big stadiums, that\u2019s a big cap for SA for making sure that that happens.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14169,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16022","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Coach Mandla Mashimbyi says the focus remains firmly on performance rather than location.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Coach Mandla Mashimbyi says the focus remains firmly on performance rather than location.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20009,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16022\/revisions\/20009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}