None of Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, David Miller or Heinrich Klaasen feature in either of the ODI or T20 squads selected to face Afghanistan and Ireland in the UAE later this month.
White-ball coach Rob Walter has remained steadfast in his bid to grow the Proteas ’ depth of talent in line with “Project 2027”.
Instead, Walter has added some fresh faces in the form of uncapped Dolphins all-rounders Andile Simelane and Jason Smith, along with Lions leg-spinner Nqaba Peter for the Afghanistan ODI and Ireland T20 series. Smith and Peter, who both made their T20I debuts in respective West Indies series, were also included in the ODI squad to face the Irish.
“If we want to keep relying on the same faces to do that, what happens with injury, what happens with retirement, what happens in all those instances? Simelane is certainly one for the future and not necessarily the present. The 21-year-old was first cast into the spotlight when picked by former SA Under-19 coach Shukri Conrad, who is now the Proteas’ Test mentor, for the ICC U19 World Cup in the Caribbean two years ago.He has gone on to play 20 List-A and T20 games apiece, while also gaining exposure with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 last season.
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