Six regular Test players give match a miss in favour of settling in with their Indian Premier League teams
Proteas spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer during bowling practice in Christchurch on Wednesday. Picture: @OFFICIALCSA/TWITTER
“All options are available to us at the moment. We’ve had some really good conversations with regards to what kind of combinations will suit us to take 20 wickets against Bangladesh‚” said the skipper. Kingsmead‚ where Tests tend not to go the full five days‚ hosts a long-format match for the first time since 2019. A crowd of about 5‚000 is expected at the weekend playing days after the government’s easing of Covid-19 restrictions in stadiums to 50% of capacity.
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