{"id":9248,"date":"2012-03-24T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-south-africa-include-three-new-caps-in-twenty20-squad\/"},"modified":"2012-03-24T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:25:25","slug":"cricket-south-africa-include-three-new-caps-in-twenty20-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-include-three-new-caps-in-twenty20-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa include three new caps in Twenty20 squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, March 23<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa have<br \/>\nincluded three debutants in the Twenty20 squad to take on India<br \/>\nin a one-off match, it was announced on Friday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Batsman Farhaan Behardien, 28, and wicketkeeper Dane Vilas,<br \/>\n26, are set to win their first international caps in any format,<br \/>\nCricket South Africa said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Francois du Plessis, who has 21 one-day caps, is in line for<br \/>\nhis first Twenty20 international against India in Johannesburg<br \/>\non March 30.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team will be led by off-spinner Johan Botha after the<br \/>\nselectors opted not to include captain AB de Villiers and<br \/>\nvice-captain Hashim Amla who are involved in a test series in<br \/>\nNew Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are leaving all the players out who are involved in the<br \/>\ncurrent test match against New Zealand with the exception of<br \/>\nJacques Kallis for whom there are special circumstances,&#8221; CSA<br \/>\nselection convener Andrew Hudson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have chosen a squad of 13 as there is some doubt about<br \/>\nthe fitness of Kallis who has been ruled out of the current test<br \/>\nmatch. The team management needs to have plenty of options<br \/>\navailable such is Kallis&#8217; all-round value to the side,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Squad: Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha (captain), Francoise<br \/>\ndu Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Colin Ingram, Richard Levi, Albie<br \/>\nMorkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Juan Theron, Lonwabo<br \/>\nTsotsobe, Morne van Wyk, Dane Vilas.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Jason Humphries in Durban; Editing By Alison<br \/>\nWildey)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, March 23 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa have included three debutants in the Twenty20 squad to take on India in a one-off match, it was announced on Friday. Batsman Farhaan Behardien, 28, and wicketkeeper Dane Vilas, 26, are set to win their first international caps in any format, Cricket South Africa said. 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