South Africa
will gamble on Quinton de
Kock's fitness at the World Cup, having named him in their final 15.
De Kock is only expected to recover from his ankle
ligament tear after South
Africa's first two games, which will leave AB de Villiers to keep wicket
initially and a spare batsman to open with Hashim Amla. Rilee Rossouw and Farhaan
Behardien were both
included for that purpose.
There was no
space for left-arm seamer Lonwabo
Tsotsobe, despite indications he would be considered for a recall, with
Kyle Abbott and Wayne Parnell being the extra bowlers. Ryan McLaren, who took
over the allrounder role following Jacques Kallis' retirement, also lost his
place.
JP Duminy, who has
been nursing a knee injury and out of action since the second week of November,
also made the squad. He said he hoped to make be back playing before the week
is out, in the first Twenty20 against West Indies on Friday, after "a
long, hard period of rehab".
Legspinner
Imran Tahir and left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso made up the spin department,
meaning Robin Peterson missed out.
"It has
been a process over the last 18 months, but we are happy with the squad we
have," convener of selectors Andrew Hudson said, in an elaborate function
in Cape Town to unveil the squad.
South
Africa, placed in Pool B, kick off their campaign on February 15, against
Zimbabwe, in Hamilton. The five other teams in their group are India, Pakistan,
West Indies, Ireland and UAE.
Squad: AB de
Villiers, Hashim Amla, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP
Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell,
Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn
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