South Africa’s high performance squad announced
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the names of players for its High Performance Programme (HPP), featuring a number of players with international experience as the selectors continue to evaluate the depth of talent on hand.
The 23-man squad will attend the high performance centre in May and June before an Emerging Players tournament in Australia during July.
J.P. Duminy, Johan Botha and Robin Peterson — who are in the current Test squad in Bangladesh — will spend their off-season with the HPP while ODI players Albie Morkel and Justin Ontong are also included. After the recent quota row that hit selection for the Bangladesh tour coloured players are strongly represented.
Squad: Ahmed Amla, Gulam Bodi, Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Henry Davids, Dillon du Preez, JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, Matthew Harris, Imraan Khan, Rory Kleinveldt, Heino Kuhn, Ethy Mbhalati, Albie Morkel, Justin Ontong, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Andrew Puttick, Blake Snijman, Thandi Tshabalala, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.—Agencies