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CSA names prelim SA squad

Cape Town - Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday named its preliminary squad of 30 players for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be played in England and Wales in June.

The final squad of 15 will be named later this month.

Rilee Rossouw of the Knights is the only player in the group yet to represent the Proteas in any format while Henry Davids of the Titans and Chris Morris of the Highveld Lions have not played in an ODI before.

Proteas squad:

AB de Villiers (Titans, captain), Kyle Abbott (Dolphins), Hashim Amla (Dolphins), Farhaan Behardien (Titans), Henry Davids (Titans), Quinton de Kock (Highveld Lions), Marchant de Lange (Titans), JP Duminy (Cape Cobras), Faf du Plessis (Titans), Dean Elgar (Knights), Imran Tahir (Highveld Lions), Colin Ingram (Warriors), Jacques Kallis (Cape Cobras), Rory Kleinveldt (Cape Cobras), Ryan McLaren (Knights), David Miller (Dolphins), Morne Morkel (Titans), Chris Morris (Highveld Lions), Justin Ontong (Cape Cobras), Robin Peterson (Cape Cobras), Wayne Parnell (Warriors), Aaron Phangiso (Highveld Lions), Vernon Philander (Cape Cobras), Rilee Rossouw (Knights), Graeme Smith (Cape Cobras), Dale Steyn (Cape Cobras), Rusty Theron (Warriors), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Dolphins), Roelof van der Merwe (Titans), Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Dolphins)

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