South Africa Women's squads for white-ball series vs England announced, star player out due to exams

South Africa Women's National Cricket Team have announced their squad for the upcoming white-ball series against the England Women's National Cricket Team. The two teams will be locking horns with each other in T20I as well as the ODI series.

Two veteran pacers, Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka, have been rested for the T20I series but will be part of the team in the ODI series. In their place, the South Africa Women's National Cricket Team recalled medium-pacer Eliz-Mari Marx, who was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the CSA Women's Pro20 series, and allrounder Nondumiso Shangase.

Seshnie Naidu won't be available for the series due to her school exams

Not only the two pacers, but South Africa will also be without wicketkeeper-batter Mieke de Ridder and Seshnie Naidu. The duo were part of the T20 World Cup but will be missing the T20I series. Naidu won't be available for the series due to her school exams while Ridder has been replaced by by Faye Tunnicliffe.

Laura Wolvaardt will be captaining the teams in both the series while all-rounders Nadine de Klerk and Chloe Tryon will also be part of the squad. The bowling department features Ayanda Hlubi and Tumi Sekhukhune, who were also at the T20 World Cup but didn't get an opportunity to play.

We decided to give one or two players a chance in the T20I series to prove themselves - South Africa interim coach Dillon du Preez

South Africa interim coach Dillon du Preez talked about the squad announcement, saying that they want to continue the same approach as they did in the T20 World Cup, where they reached the final. The coach said that they wanted to give the opportunity to a few players to see what they had in stock. Speaking in a statement, he said:

"We would like to have the same approach that we did in the last T20 World Cup. Although the next T20 World Cup is in two years, we would still like to grow as a team and continue to work on our T20 playing philosophy,"

"We decided to give one or two players a chance in the T20I series to prove themselves and also to give us a chance to look at what stock we have available and what skill we need to work on."

South Africa squad for the T20I and the ODI series

Here's South Africa squad for the T20I and the ODI series

T20I: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Suné Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Chloé Tryon, Faye Tunnicliffe

ODI: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Lara Goodall, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Suné Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Chloé Tryon

The England tour to South Africa will begin with the one-off Test, which will be played in Bloemfontein from December 15 to 18. Following that, the T20I series will be played from 24th November, followed by the second and third games to be played on 27 and 30, followed by the ODIs on December 4, 8 and 11.

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