South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has gained the toss and selected to bat within the first cricket Test in opposition to West Indies.
Bavuma is taking cost after changing Dean Elgar as skipper in a shock transfer simply earlier than the two-Test sequence. Elgar will proceed to play for the group.
South Africa fielded a new-look lineup firstly of a brand new period beneath Bavuma and new coach Shukri Conrad.
Top-order batter Tony de Zorzi and quick bowler Gerald Coetzee had been chosen for his or her debuts and allrounder Senuran Muthusamy was recalled for his third Test and first since 2019, changing common spinner Keshav Maharaj.
West Indies saved 34-year-old quick bowler Shannon Gabriel within the group after he made his return in a sequence win in Zimbabwe this month. He’s a part of a tempo assault that additionally contains Jason Holder, Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph.
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who starred within the win in Zimbabwe, is out with harm.
South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (capt), Keegan Petersen, Heinrich Klaasen, Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee.
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
