T20 World Cup: Set your alarm Proteas in action from 5 am

The Proteas have something of an early start at least for South African viewers as they take on Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup on Thursday 27 October from 05:00 (SAST).

The match might avoid the worst of some mixed weather forecast for the day in Sydney.

Proteas in T20 World Cup action from five in the morning

India’s match against the Netherlands in the same group follows at the SCG from 09:00.

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The tight T20 World Cup schedule has come in for some criticism after the Proteas were forced to split points with Zimbabwe in a rain-affected opening match.

With only five matches to be played by each team in the Super 12s each result has great significance and the Proteas have been knocked onto the back foot by this start.

There are fears that weather might strike again, and bring more ICC tournament heartache onto a team and nationa that have frankly had their fill.

Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi insists that the Proteas aren’t fretting about the weather.

“You control what you can, and the weather is something that we don’t have a say in,” Ngidi said.

“We were eager to get on the park in Hobart.

Ngidi also said: “Everyone who was there did their bit in trying to get the game going.

“We couldn’t control what happened with the rain and it does put us under pressure as it would have been nice to get a win.

“There’s rain forecast for the game, and I think we’ve got some rain following us, but we have no say in how it pans out.”

On a good wicket

The fast bowlers have excellent conditions to operate in which is one plus for South Africa.

“You could call it Test match mode, but for us, it’s about trying to keep things simple,” Ngidi said.

“We were all aware of the pace and bounce factor here in Australia and we’ve seen it in the first few games here.

“The bowlers have tried to keep it very simple and it has been successful, especially when the bowlers have been patient.”