Jacques van der Westhuyzen

By Jacques van der Westhuyzen

Head of Sport


Stubbs, Coetzee get SA ‘A’ call-ups for tour to Zimbabwe

A number of seasoned Proteas players have also been included in the squads.


Exciting young players Tristan Stubbs from the Warriors and Gerald Coetzee from the Knights will get a chance to show what they can do at a higher level when they join the SA ‘A’ team for their white-ball tour of Zimbabwe from next week.

There are also several senior Proteas players in the mix, including Heinrich Klaasen, who’ll captain the One Day squad as well as the T20 squad, Reeza Hendricks, Khaya Zondo, Ryan Rickelton and Andile Phehlukwayo.

The South Africans will play against a Zimbabwe XI in three One Dayers and five T20s. The tour will take place from 25 April to 10 May.

Theunis de Bruyn, Prenelan Subrayen, Tony de Zorzi, Bjorn Fortuin, Lutho Sipamla and Lizaad Williams are other experienced players who’ll be part of the tour group.

The fixtures for the tour are as follows:

First One Dayer – 25 April, Harare

Second One Dayer – 27 April, Harare

Third One Dayer – 29 April, Harare

First T20 – 2 May, Harare

Second T20 – 4 May, Harare

Third T20 – 6 May, Harare

Fourth T20, 9 May, Harare

Fifth T20 – 10 May, Harare

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