The Barmy Army is set to arrive in their thousands for next year's New Year Test between the Proteas and England at Newlands in Cape Town.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that additional general access tickets for next year’s highly anticipated New Year's Test between the Proteas and England at Newlands will be released at a later stage.
The governing body has been under immense fire since Monday after tickets for the marquee fixture on the annual domestic cricket calendar appeared to sell out within minutes.
Only a limited number of general access tickets were initially released for sale on CSA’s official ticketing website, with all available inventory purchased significantly quicker than anticipated. Industry insiders suggest the platform may have been flooded by automated ticket-sweeping bots — leaving genuine supporters completely empty-handed.
Local fans, however, have been in an uproar following reports indicating that a substantial portion of the tickets had been pre-allocated to English tour groups and travel packages ahead of the South African public. The frustration was compounded when secondary retail sites began advertising tickets for over R4,000 shortly after the online sale opened.
