Gerald Coetzee of the Knights sends down a delivery during day 1 of the CSA 4-Day Franchise Series 2022/23 match between Western Province and the Knights held at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on 24 November 2022 © Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
Proteas debutant Gerald Coetzee handed Test cap – WATCH
The Proteas handed Test debuts to two players in the first Test against the West Indies at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday.
Gerald Coetzee of the Knights sends down a delivery during day 1 of the CSA 4-Day Franchise Series 2022/23 match between Western Province and the Knights held at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on 24 November 2022 © Shaun Roy/BackpagePix
The Proteas handed Test debuts to two players in the first Test against the West Indies at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Tuesday, 28 February.
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Watch below as Anrich Nortje hands fellow fast bowler Gerald Coetzee his Test cap in ‘goose bump’ scenes.
Tony de Zorzi is the other player set to play his first Test for South Africa.
Meanwhile, new Proteas Test skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat at SuperSport Park.
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While shirt numbers aren’t really a big thing in Test cricket – or cricket in general – compared to rugby in particular, below is a list of the Proteas starting XI’s numbers for the first of two Tests against the West Indies.
PROTEAS TEST SHIRT NUMBERS:
Dean Elgar – 64
Aiden Markram – 4
Tony de Zorzi – 33
Temba Bavuma (captain) – 11
Keegan Petersen – 93
Heinrich Klaasen (wkt) – 45
Senuran Muthusamy – 67
Marco Jansen – 70
Kagiso Rabada – 25
Anrich Nortje – 20
Gerald Coetzee – 62
