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Hours after Cricket Australia announced its 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 Final, Cricket South Africa on Tuesday, May 13 announced their squad for the summit clash, set to be played at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground from June 11 to 15. The Proteas Men will be led by Temba Bavuma, after he guided them to historic win against Pakistan.
With Bavuma at helm, the side has been boosted by the likes of Kagiso Rabada, who will be leading their pace attack after completing his ban for usage of recreational drug recently. The pace attack will be bolstered by the likes of Lungi Ngidi, along with Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch and Wiaan Mulder.
CSA picks balanced squad for Lord’s Test vs Australia
In the batting department, top-order batter Matthew Breetzke misses out, whereas CSA has vouched on the likes of Tony de Zorsi, Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram. The middle-order will consist of the likes of Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham and skipper Bavuma, while Kyle Verreynne will be the man keeping the wickets.
Speaking after the announcement, head coach Shukri Conrad said, “Firstly, I want to congratulate each of the players selected for this squad. It is a special moment for this group to contest the WTC Final. Over the past 18 months, we’ve worked hard to build a competitive red-ball unit, and this achievement reflects that progress.”
“A key part of our success has been consistency in selection, and we’ve stuck with the core group of players who have been part of this WTC cycle. We’ve selected a balanced squad for the conditions we expect at Lord’s,” he further added.
South Africa squad for WTC 2025 Final vs Australia
Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (C), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Paterson
