South Africa have included precocious batting expertise Dewald Brevis of their One-Day and Twenty20 International squads for his or her eight-match white-ball residence sequence in opposition to Australia beginning later this month.
Brevis, 20, nicknamed “Baby AB” after one of the damaging batters in historical past, AB de Villiers, has the best rating in South Africa’s home T20 cricket with 162 from 57 balls and was main run-scorer on the 2022 Under-19 World Cup.
He additionally has expertise of taking part in within the Indian Premier League with the Mumbai Indians, probably placing him within the body for the senior 50-over World Cup to be performed in India later this yr.
Other uncapped gamers within the T20 squad embrace wicketkeeper-batter Donovan Ferreira and quick bowler Gerald Coetzee, in addition to batter Matthew Breetzke.
“We are looking for opportunities to grow our base of players, and the T20 series against Australia is a perfect chance to give some of the rising cricketers in the country the chance to show us what they are capable of,” South Africa restricted overs coach Rob Walter mentioned.
“These are guys that have been performing consistently week in and week out domestically. They also possess a particular skill set that fits into the way we are looking to play.”
Experienced campaigners Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada have all been rested for the T20 sequence however will return for the ODIs.
South Africa host Australia for 3 T20 matches from August 30 to September 3 and 5 ODIs from September 7-17.
T20 squad: Aiden Markram (capt), Temba Bavuma, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams, Rassie van der Dussen.
ODI squad: Bavuma (capt), Brevis, Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Fortuin, Hendricks, Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Magala, Maharaj, Markram, David Miller, Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Shamsi, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Stubbs, Van der Dussen.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
