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Proteas eye Super 8 rotation: Nortje, Maphaka set for UAE
Cape Argus
|February 16, 2026
THE Proteas' emphatic seven-wicket victory over New Zealand has given coach Shukri Conrad the freedom to rotate his squad for Wednesday's ICC T20 World Cup clash against the United Arab Emirates.
PAKISTAN'S talisman batter Azam Azam is clean bowled by India's Axar Patel during their ICC Men's T20 World Cup group stage clash at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. For more on the match, see inside. AFP
(AFP)
The T20 World Cup runners-up in Barbados two years ago, have effectively qualified for the Super 8s already with a full house of six points from three matches, and could even know their fate before the toss against the UAE.
An Afghanistan win over the UAE today (starts 7.30am) will see the Proteas progress to the next stage.
An UAE victory will keep the desert nation in the hunt for the playoffs on a potential four points along with New Zealand, but the Proteas run-rate (1.477) is far superior to any team in Group D at the moment.
Conrad will, therefore, have the flexibility to give a couple of bench-warmers an opportunity to stretch their legs in case they might be needed later in the competition.
This story is from the February 16, 2026 edition of Cape Argus.
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