Cricket South Africa name T20 and Test squads for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 series – Cricket News Update – Part I
Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 on Thursday named its separate squads for the forthcoming Test and T20 series against New Zealand at home, commencing on December 21.
Hard-hitting batsman Faf du Plessis, who has recently proven himself in all the three formats of the game, will lead the Proteas in the three-match T20 International series against the Black Caps late this month. The 28-year-old Pretoria all-rounder replaces wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers at the helm, as the national selectors want to free the regular limited-overs skipper from the burden of captaincy in a bid to manage his workload this summer, said CSA in a statement on Thursday.
"AB de Villiers remains our first-choice captain in this format, but AB is one of the players we need to rotate in the interest of his workload across all three formats and we want to have one captain for the entire series," convener of selectors http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Hudson-c44308 told the reporters after announcing the Test and T20 squads in Cape Town.
De Villiers, however, remains part of the 15-man T20 squad which also has four uncapped players, including a new wicketkeeper, Quinton de Kock, to relieve de Villiers of his burden.
Highveld http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, in August this year.
Nashua Titans' opening batsman Henry Davids and Highveld Lions left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in July this year.
"I believe we have chosen an extremely exciting squad of 15 players which will enable us both to rotate senior players and to provide opportunity to a new group of players," said Hudson. "All the players have been showing excellent form of late either in the Champions League T20 or the One-Day Cup and it has been very encouraging to take note of this," he added further.
T20 squad: Faf du Plessis (capt), Farhaan Berhadien, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Peterson-c2332, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Test squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409.
Continued in Part II...
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