Former SA U-19 star Dewald Brevis has earned his maiden call-up to the Proteas group for the ODI and T20 sequence’ towards the touring Australians from later this month.
The Proteas and Australia will conflict in 5 ODIs and three T20 matches.
Brevis, 20, made a reputation for himself because the main run-scorer on the U-19 males’s World Cup in January 2022 with 506 runs – essentially the most by any batter in a single version of the event.
The right-hander has since gone on to impress in T20 leagues around the globe and at present holds the file for the best particular person home T20 rating in South Africa – 162 off 57 balls – which he struck throughout final season’s CSA T20 Challenge.
He additionally loved success within the latest SA ‘A’ tour to Sri Lanka, the place he hit a 71-ball 98 within the first unofficial 50-over match.
Joining Brevis within the T20I squad for the primary time are his Titans teammates Donovan Ferreira and Gerald Coetzee — the latter might add to his Test and ODI caps if chosen — in addition to Warriors batter, Matthew Breetzke.
Keshav Maharaj has been included for the second and third T20Is in addition to the ODI squad because the spinner continues his comeback from a ruptured left Achilles tendon, which he sustained throughout the Test sequence towards West Indies in March.
Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada are rested for the three-match T20I sequence and can return for the five-match ODI sequence.
The 15-player squad for the World Cup shall be introduced on 5 September.
Proteas T20I squad
Aiden Markram (cap), Temba Bavuma, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams, Rassie van der Dussen
Proteas ODI squad
Temba Bavuma (capt), Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen
Tour Itinerary
T20I Series
Wednesday, 30 August – 6pm (Durban)
Friday, 1 September – 6pm (Durban)
Sunday, 3 September – 2pm (Durban)
ODI Series
Thursday, 7 September – 1pm (Bloemfontein)
Saturday, 9 September – 1pm (Bloemfontein)
Tuesday, 12 September – 1pm (Potchefstroom)
Friday, 15 September – 1pm (Centurion)
Sunday, 17 September – 10am (Johannesburg)
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