South Africa has unveiled an unexperienced squad for his or her forthcoming two-match Check sequence in New Zealand, commencing on February 4.
Neil Model to captain South Africa in New Zealand
Neil Model, an uncapped opening batsman, will lead the Proteas within the two-match ICC World Check Championship sequence, with solely a handful of gamers from the present India tour included within the squad.
The choice to go for an inexperienced ensemble comes because of a scheduling conflict with SA20, South Africa’s T20 franchise event slated for January, the place nearly all of the contracted Check gamers will take part.
Expressing his ideas on the choice, Check head coach Shukri Conrad highlighted the importance of the second for the debutants.
“Firstly I would like to congratulate the players that will be going on a Proteas tour for the first time,” South Africa’s head coach Shukri Conrad stated as quoted by ICC.
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“It is a real honour to represent your country, so they should savour the moment. The players picked for this tour have every chance of challenging New Zealand and we have full confidence they will do exactly that when we arrive for the first Test match at Mount Maunganui,” Conrad emphasised.
“Most of these guys participated in the recent ‘A’ series against West Indies where they showed that they have what it takes against players of international calibre. That experience will no doubt leave them in a better position for what we expect to be a testing series in New Zealand,” Conrad added.
South Africa Check squad for New Zealand tour:
Neil Model (captain), David Bedingham, Ruan de Swardt, Clyde Fortuin, Zubayr Hamza, Tshepo Moreki, Mihlali Mpongwana, Duanne Olivier, Dane Paterson, Keegan Petersen, Dane Piedt, Raynard van Tonder, Shaun von Berg, Khaya Zondo