Bavuma Returns, Breetzke Called-up As Proteas Name Test Squad For West Indies

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bavuma returns breetzke calledup as proteas name test squad for west indies

Proteas red-ball coach Shukri Conrad announced on Monday his 16-man squad for the two-match Test series against the West Indies, which starts on 7 August.

Temba Bavuma is back and will wear the captaincy armband with wicket-keeper batter Ryan Rickelton also returning to the red-ball setup.

Warriors batter Matthew Breetzke received his maiden Test call-up after an impressive summer, which included a decent showing at the domestic 4-day competition with 322 runs at an average of 46, including a top score of 188.

Breetzke, who also led South Africa A in a four-day match against India A in December, finished as third-highest run-scorer in the SA20 and topped the CSA T20 Challenge batting charts as he scored 467 runs in 15 games for the Warriors.

Meanwhile, Cricket South Africa decided to rest all-rounder Marco Jansen for the Test series.