AB de Villiers to keep, Tahir dropped for England Tests

Abdominal muscle de Villiers comes back to the expert part of wicket-keeper/batsman for the initial two matches of the four-match Test Arrangement against Britain beginning at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead on December 26. Cricket South Africa (CSA) national selectors named a squad of 13 players for the initial two matches. The second match will be played at PPC New-lands from January 2.

De Villiers did keep wicket amid last season's home arrangement against the West Indies when Quinton de Kock was harmed at the same time, before that, had not kept wicket in a Test match subsequent to the 2013-14 home arrangement against Australia.

Both De Kock and Dane Vilas, who kept wicket in one Test match in Bangladesh this year and afterward all through the late Opportunity Arrangement in India, will turn out for South Africa An in their installation against Britain one weekend from now. Vilas will commander the side and keep wicket while De Kock will bat at No. 4.

De Villiers' arrival to an all-rounder part will empower Temba Bavuma to come back to his typical batting position in the center request while Senior member Elgar and Stiaan van Zyl will continue their opening batting association at the highest point of the request.

Uncapped Rilee Rossouw has been incorporated into the Stronghold Ale Test squad as the additional batsman while Dane Piedt is the main spinner chose with both Simon Harmer and Imran Tahir dropping out from the squad that went to India. With Vernon Philander on the harm list Kyle Abbott holds his place in the four-man quick playing assault alongside Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada.

"One of the issues that concerned us amid the visit to India," remarked CSA determination convener, Linda Zondi, "was the absence of profundity to our batting, especially in the lower request and the adjustment in Abdominal muscle's part implies that we can now have an expert batsman at No. 7. We now feel that the side has a vastly improved parity about it without in any capacity diminishing the strategic alternatives accessible to our commander, Hashim Amla. The arrival to South African conditions made it unavoidable that we would just pick one expert spinner with JP Duminy and Elgar both accessible as go down and Dane (Piedt) is the man under lock and key. Our batting line-up has served us well in the past in matches under our own conditions and I am sure they will be prepared for the test in what will be an exceptionally extreme arrangement in which experience will assume an imperative part."

Test squad: Hashim Amla (capt), Abdominal muscle de Villiers (bad habit capt, wicket-attendant), Kyle Abbott, Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Senior member Elgar, Morne Morkel, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl.

South Africa A squad: Stephen Cook (bizhub Highveld Lions), Reeza Hendricks (VKB Knights), Rilee Rossouw (VKB Knights), Quinton de Kock (The Boundless Titans), Omphile Ramela (Cape Cobras), Khaya Zondo (Sunfoil Dolphins), Dane Vilas (Cape Cobras, capt, wk), Wayne Parnell (Cape Cobras), Keshav Maharaj (Sunfoil Dolphins), Chris Morris (The Boundless Titans), Marchant de Lange (The Boundless Tiitans).