Proteas squad for Ireland tour announced
It comprises three ODI and three T20 International matches in Dublin and Belfast respectively.
Sisanda Magala has been ruled out of the Proteas tour to Ireland after suffering an injury to his left ankle during the Ireland squad’s preparations in Grenada.
The projected recovery time is three to four weeks. Beuran Hendricks has been retained from the West Indies tour.
The team has arrived safely in Dublin for their historic, maiden, full white-ball tour of the country, which runs from July 11 to 24. It comprises three ODI and three T20 International matches in Dublin and Belfast respectively.
Proteas squad to Ireland:
Temba Bavuma (captain, Central Gauteng Lions), Quinton de Kock (Northerns), Bjorn Fortuin (Central Gauteng Lions), Beuran Hendricks (Western Province), Reeza Hendricks (Central Gauteng Lions), Heinrich Klaasen (Northerns), George Linde (Western Province), Keshav Maharaj (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Janneman Malan (Boland), Aiden Markram (Northerns), David Miller (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Wiaan Mulder (Central Gauteng Lions), Lungi Ngidi (Northerns), Anrich Nortje (Eastern Province), Andile Phehlukwayo (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Kagiso Rabada (Central Gauteng Lions), Tabraiz Shamsi (Northerns), Rassie van der Dussen (Central Gauteng Lions), Kyle Verreynne (Western Province), Lizaad Williams (Northerns).
South Africa tour to Ireland schedule:
July 11: first ODI, Malahide, Dublin
July 13: second ODI, Malahide, Dublin
July 16: third ODI, Malahide, Dublin
July 20: first T20I, Malahide, Dublin
July 22: second T20I, Stormont, Belfast
July 24: third T20I, Stormont, Belfast
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