The Proteas will start to turn their focus to the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in India now following their successful One-Day International series against Australia.

On the weekend the Proteas won the five-match ODI series 3-2 following a 164-run win at SuperSport Park and an 122-run victory at the Wanderers.

The Proteas will jet off to the subcontinent next week and they will fine-tune in two warm-up games that will be played against Afghanistan and New Zealand.

The Proteas left-arm seamer, Marco Jansen, admitted that he is nervous ahead of the global showpiece.

“It is definitely getting real for us now, although it's still a week or so before we fly,” said the player who has established himself as an allrounder.

“It will hit us once we get on the plane - normally that’s how it works for me personally. Beforehand I'm very chilled, but I know it's coming. Once we get there it hits me in the face full-on and then it starts to kick in.

“It's my first ODI World Cup and I am very excited, but I'm also very nervous because I don't know what to expect, even though I've played there in India a couple of times.

“I'm just going to be exciting and fun. I'm really looking forward to it.”

The Proteas will face Sri Lanka in Delhi on 7 October in their first game of the World Cup.

Proteas World Cup squad - Temba Bavuma (captain), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortjé, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport