No Temba Bavuma as SA prepares for multiformat England tour

Temba Bavuma, who suffered an elbow injury in the just-finished series against India, will miss the upcoming tour of England. He would need eight weeks to recover. David Miller and Keshav Maharaj have been appointed as stand-in captains for the T20I and ODI series, respectively, in his absence.

Three One-Day Internationals will be followed by three Twenty20 Internationals before a three-match ICC World Test Championship series. The tour begins on July 19.

Gerald Coetzee, a 21-year-old uncapped fast bowler, and Rilee Rossouw, who last played for South Africa on the international level in 2016, are two notable additions to the T20I squad.

“The T20 format is a high priority for us at the moment,” said selection convener Victor Mpitsang. “We are looking to give opportunities to players that we are interested in seeing and working out the best combinations, while also trying to balance our desire to maintain enough consistency within the set-up that the players are used to playing together as a team by the time they reach Australia for the World Cup.”

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Squads

Credits: Twitter/@OfficialCSA

Credits: Twitter/@OfficialCSA

Credits: Twitter/@OfficialCSA

Schedule

Tue 19 July  –  1st ODI (Emirates Riverside, Durham)
Fri 22 July  –  2nd ODI (Emirates Old Trafford)
Sun 24 July  –  3rd ODI (Emerald Headingley)

Wed 27 July  –  1st IT20 (Bristol)
Thu 28 July  –  2nd IT20 (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)
Sun 31 July  –  3rd IT20 (Ageas Bowl)

Wed 3 Aug  –  1st IT20 v Ire (hosted by ECB) (Bristol County Ground tbc)
Fri 5 Aug  –  2 nd IT20 v Ire (hosted by ECB) (Bristol County Ground tbc)

Wed 17-21 Aug  –  1 st Test Match (Lord’s)

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