“It is also pleasing to welcome again Marco and Gerald to the Check aspect. Each have labored extremely exhausting throughout their conditioning programmes, and it is nice to see them again within the fold, able to contribute to the group.
“This time, we have named a squad of 14 as a substitute of the standard 15 to permit gamers on the periphery of choice the chance to play first-class cricket for his or her respective provincial groups.”
There was no place for Dane Piedt from South Africa’s current away tour of Bangladesh. Keshav Maharaj and Senuran Muthusamy are the 2 frontline spinners chosen. The trio of Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson and Wiaan Mulder will full the pace-bowling choices alongside Jansen and Coetzee.
South Africa are chasing their maiden WTC closing look and must win all 4 Checks at dwelling – two towards Sri Lanka and two towards Pakistan that observe – to be assured of a spot within the title spherical. They may nonetheless make it, primarily based on outcomes elsewhere, with three wins out of 4.
The 2-Check collection begins in Durban on November 27 earlier than the groups transfer to Gqeberha for the second Check beginning December 5.
South Africa squad for Check collection towards Sri Lanka
Temba Bavuma (capt), David Bedingham, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne
