Anrich Nortje of South Africa celebrates the wicket of Oshada Fernando of Sri Lanka during the 2019 One Day International match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Supersport Park Stadium, Pretoria on 06 March 2019 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Anrich Nortje ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Three new faces in Proteas T20I squad to face Sri Lanka

Fast bowler, Anrich Nortje is one of three players in line for a T20 International debut when the Proteas take on Sri Lanka in a three-match series.

by The South African

17-03-2019 16:22

in Cricket

Anrich Nortje ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has named Titans batsman Aiden Markram and the Warriors duo of fast bowler Anrich Nortje and wicketkeeper-batsman Sinethemba Qeshile as new caps in the Proteas squad for the three-match T20 International Series against Sri Lanka which starts next week.

Markram and Nortje are in the squad for all three matches while the 20-year-old Qeshile has been selected for the second and third matches only.

“The first match forms part of our vision 2019 to continue exploring our options for the ICC Men’s World Cup,” commented CSA National Selection Panel convener Linda Zondi.

“And the squad for that match consists largely of the squads that have been doing duty in the ODI Series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. We would have liked to include Hashim Amla, but unfortunately, he remains unavailable because of his family situation.

“We have used our T20 International matches in the past as the first port of call to widen the pool of talent. This has resulted in Rassie van der Dussen, Gihahn Cloete, Janneman Malan and Lutho Sipamla being brought through the pipeline with considerable success during the course of the current season.

“Sinethemba Qeshile has had an outstanding rookie season of franchise cricket and is certainly one of the form batsmen in franchise cricket at the moment. He looks a really exciting prospect.

“JP Duminy will take over the captaincy for the last two matches while we give a short break to Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi who are involved across all three formats for the Proteas.”
Linda Zondi

Proteas squad to face Sri Lanka in T20I series

First T20I: Faf du Plessis (capt), Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Rassie van der Dussen.

Second and third match: JP Duminy, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Sinethemba Qeshile, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, Dale Steyn, Rassie van der Dussen.