Selectors show faith in South African team

The National cricket selectors have shown their faith in the team that did duty at the Wanderers by retaining all the same eleven in a squad named for the second Castle Lager/MTN Test against Sri Lanka starting in Centurion on Friday 15th November.

Martin van Jaarsveld has been kept in the squad in the event of Herschelle Gibbs failing a late fitness test. It is expected that Gibbs, who injured his back practising before the first Test at the Wanderers on Friday, will pass the fitness test at Supersport Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Mornantau Hayward, who did not play in the first Test having been given permission to return to Port Elizabeth for the Eastern Province against Boland Standard Bank clash, has not been included in the squad.

The full squad is:

Shaun Pollock Captain,
Mark Boucher Vice-captain,
Steve Elworthy,
Herschelle Gibbs,
Andrew Hall,
Claude Henderson,
Jacques Kallis,
Gary Kirsten,
Neil McKenzie,
Makhaya Ntini,
Ashwell Prince,
Graeme Smith,
Martin van Jaarsveld,

Coach: Eric Simons
Assistant Coach: Corrie van Zyl
Physiotherapist: Shane Jabaar
Fitness Trainer: Andrew Gray
Manager: Goolam Rajah

Selection convener Omar Henry also announced that a provisional squad of 30 players for the ICC World Cup would be announced later this month. The ICC deadline for the provision of squads for all participating nations is the 30th of November. The deadline for the final squad of 15 is the 31st December.