“We have contracted 16 men’s players and 14 women’s players‚ which we feel is the appropriate number to maintain our national squads across the various formats.”
The 29-year-old Cape Town-born quick announced his arrival on the international stage with a maiden five-wicket haul in the second innings of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
The new list of contracted players has four names that were not part of the contracted squad for the 2019/2020 season. Faf du Plessis, who resigned as captain in all formats last month, also retained his national contract. Coach Mark Boucher and new skipper Quinton de Kock are on record as saying Du Plessis's experience and leadership skills are needed in the current team.CSA acting chief executive Dr Jacques Faul said they are keeping the 17th spot for now.
Faul said players who will be selected to the Proteas during the 2020/21 season and who are not currently contracted can qualify for a national contract upgrade. World cricket and sport in general has been ravaged by the deadly coronavirus pandemic and South Africa was not sparred.
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