“We tried by all means to look at different combinations and try to have experience and youth balance right.”
“We believe that we have got our combinations right. We have selected two wrist spinners‚ two allrounders and the balance of our quick bowlers is right.”
Andile Phehlukwayo won the race for the much debated No.7 allrounder spot. Phehlukwayo’s place was never really in doubt given that he is the only player be deployed in that role in South Africa’s ODIs this year.Anrich Nortje‚ whose charge on the international stage came from nowhere‚ also cracked the nod. He went from being largely unknown in the past six months to nailing down a place in a World Cup squad.
Amla’s form of late does not inspire confidence but his selection was always going to be as close to automatic as it should be‚ given his intimidating record in the ODI format.Aiden Markram‚ leading runs scorer during the recently concluded One-Day Cup as he steered the Titans to victory‚ cracked the nod.While Quinton de Kock has been in devastating form at the top of the batting order‚ he has sorely missed a co-opener.
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