Tuesday, December 10, 2024

SA ladies squad – Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka rested for England T20Is; Seshnie Naidu to skip for college exams

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Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka can be rested for the house T20I collection towards England as South Africa look to increase their short-format participant pool. They’ve recalled medium-pacer Eliz-Mari Marx, who was the joint-leading wicket-taker within the CSA Girls’s Pro20 collection, and allrounder Nondumiso Shangase. Kapp and Khaka will return for the three-match ODI collection which follows.
South Africa’s T20 squad may even be with out wicketkeeper-batter Mieke de Ridder and Seshnie Naidu, who had been each a part of the not too long ago accomplished T20 World Cup. De Ridder has been changed by Faye Tunnicliffe, whereas Naidu is finishing her ultimate faculty exams and can then be making ready for the Underneath-19 T20 World Cup in Malaysia in January.
The remainder of the squad consists of three gamers at the moment on the WBBL: captain Laura Wolvaardt and allrounders Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon, who will return from Australia in time for the primary match on November 24. Bowlers Ayanda Hlubi and Tumi Sekhukhune, who had been additionally on the T20 World Cup however didn’t play a sport, could get a possibility at residence, the place situations are anticipated to swimsuit them higher.
Interim coach Dillon du Preez will proceed to handle the aspect for now and mentioned he hopes they’ll construct on their efficiency on the T20 World Cup, the place they reached a second successive ultimate.

“We want to have the identical method that we did within the final T20 World Cup. Though the subsequent T20 World Cup is in two years’ time, we might nonetheless wish to develop as a group and proceed to work on our T20 enjoying philosophy,” du Preez mentioned in an announcement. “We determined to present one or two gamers an opportunity within the T20I collection to show themselves and in addition to present us an opportunity to take a look at what inventory we’ve got obtainable and what ability we have to work on.”

South Africa have added extra sources to the 50-over squad, in batter Lara Goodall, skilled seamer Masabata Klaas whereas Hlubi is in line for an ODI debut. The matches are a part of the Girls’s Championship, which types the qualification pathway for subsequent 12 months’s ODI World Cup in India. South Africa are at the moment in fourth place, with 23 factors, 5 behind Australia and England. The highest 5 groups together with hosts India will mechanically advance to the occasion which suggests Australia and England have already certified. South Africa have gone via as effectively, even when they’re overtaken by Bangladesh or West Indies, each of whom have six matches left to play (together with three towards one another). That may occur if Bangladesh or West Indies win the bilateral collection 3-0 and South Africa lose 3-0 to England.

The tour additionally features a one-off Check in Bloemfontein from December 15 to 18, for which South Africa will title the squad at a later date. The T20 video games are on November 24, 27 and 30 adopted by the ODIs on December 4, 8 and 11.

South Africa Girls squads for England collection

T20I: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Suné Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Chloé Tryon, Faye Tunnicliffe

ODI: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Lara Goodall, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Suné Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Chloé Tryon


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