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Champions Trophy 2009
Tsotsobe, Peterson in Champions Trophy squad
Cricinfo staff
August 20, 2009
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Medium-pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe and left-arm spinner Robin Peterson have been named in South Africa's Champions Trophy squad, marking their return to international cricket. They take the place of Morne Morkel and Vaughn van Jaarsveld. Charl Langeveldt missed out on a place after failing to fully recover from a shoulder injury.
Tsotsobe, who had a memorable one-day debut against Australia in January when he took 4 for 50 in Perth, missed the home series against the same opposition with a knee injury. He showed good form in the recent Emerging Players' Tournament, where he took nine wickets in four games at 28.44 and was handed a central contract in February.
Peterson last played an ODI in 2007 though he was part of the Twenty20 side that beat Australia 2-0 at home this year. He has performed consistently on the domestic circuit - taking 17 wickets from eight games in the 2007-08 season, including a best of 7 for 24, and nine from four matches in the 2008-09 season of the MTN domestic championship.
Morkel has had a poor year in one-dayers, taking just seven wickets in five matches at 36.57, and played only one match in the World Twenty20. Mike Procter, the selection convenor, said he had to miss out given South Africa's abundance of fast bowlers and the emergence of Tsotsobe and Wayne Parnell. "Langeveldt is not fit enough yet to be considered after his shoulder surgery and Morne Morkel is the unlucky one to miss out," Procter said. "He [Morkel] is very much part of our long-term planning and has a major role to play but we would like to see more consistency from him at this stage."
"The selection panel attaches great value to experience, which is well illustrated by the mentoring role Makhaya Ntini has fulfilled with Tsotsobe," Procter said. "Bringing players like Tsotsobe, Parnell and Roelof van der Merwe into a winning culture has also enabled them to mature as international cricketers quickly. We have four quality spin bowlers and two allrounders in [Jacques] Kallis and Albie Morkel to back up the seam attack. There is also batting potential most of the way down the order."
South Africa squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Johan Botha, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe
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I am big fan of proteas.I am very delight to see the young bowling line pick for champions trophy and this time there would be no choking around.This time they will take the advantage of their home conditions and will overcome every team because they are the curuntly the best odi,testand t20 side of the world...I am pakistani but protea rules...
Posted by SpottedHyena on (August 22 2009, 00:41 AM GMT)Best South African team since readmission - if not ever...BUT I must say as much as it hurts, I'm not gonna disagree. Not getting my hopes higher than a semi-final just yet. Especially since this is a home tournament - which we seem to do even worse at...
Posted by Sanjiyan on (August 21 2009, 18:25 PM GMT)@maria219 Enjoy your last few monthes of cricket watching. SA have chocked in the past, years ago, but in the last 18 monthes you cant honestly say they have been choking in big matches. They beat australia in aus and came back from almost hopeless positions to win. Yes they lost to Pakistan in the semis...but that can hardly be called choking. Pakistan beat both favorites in the 20/20 world cup to win it. I'm confident that SA can pull this one of with the team they have.
Posted by JAZ_SINGH on (August 21 2009, 18:15 PM GMT)south africa have got a good but it will be tough to beat india too. my prediction is south africa and india in the final and india winning in the end!!
Posted by anskhurram on (August 21 2009, 14:33 PM GMT)like umair said, they always end up choking in big games
Posted by gzawilliam on (August 21 2009, 07:06 AM GMT)Wow its funny seeing these comments about botha and ver da merwe. I agree with wanderer1. They are the top two one day spinners at the moment in my opinion. Who in the last year or two has got on top of botha in the middle overs of a 50over game? And van da merwe is just a very talented attacking spinner. With the slogging power he brings i fear south africa are the favourites.. I think they need to focus their batting around AB a bit more. He is the best batsmen in the team. Put kallis lower down and elevate AB. Also peterson is a good inclusion too. He is a very smart cricketer with bat and ball.. Now for those big game nerves.. Maybe smoke a jamacian special and calm down is the way..
Posted by ToMegaTherion1986 on (August 21 2009, 06:58 AM GMT)I think South Africa has picked as strong a side as they can put together ofr the Champions Trophy. This is a good a chance as any for South Africa to win a major tornament and i think that it is a matter of 'when' they will break that curse not 'if'. With Smith in the side i like their team although I'm not fan of Robin Pietersen. I think there are other who I might have pick before him, but he is a good player on his day and who knows, maybe i will be proven wrong and he will do well.
Posted by Maria219 on (August 21 2009, 00:05 AM GMT)@ wanderer1 ........... The day southafrica win a major tournament i will stop watching cricket.......... they r the biggest chocker of all times in any sports played in the world LOL......... They are a good team but they r not born to be a champion as simple as that.
Posted by gottalovetheraindance on (August 20 2009, 19:56 PM GMT)i actually like south africa . they have been doing pretty well for a couple of years now. they have a good team with some great young talent e.g. duminy steyn parnell they also have players like kallis smith gibbs de villiers ntini with a lot of experience i think they are not far from being the best side on paper they should win if they do not choke up as in previous tournaments im west indian but with the players we are sending to south africa i think our 'team' is hopeless
Posted by wanderer1 on (August 20 2009, 17:42 PM GMT)Now now boys, no need for choking references and Botha in particular is ideally suited for limited overs cricket. I actually consider SA to be favourites for the tournament. I think this time they will pull it off.