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South Africa pick 18-year-old black bowler
AFP
January 18 1998
CENTURION, South Africa, Jan 18 (AFP) - The South African selectors
Monday
named 18-year-old black fast bowler Victor Mpitsang in their squad for a
seven-match limited overs series against the West Indies.
Makhaya Ntini, who has been charged with rape, was not included in the
17-man squad but Peter Pollock, convenor of selectors, said his exclusion
was
on the grounds of poor form and not because of his pending criminal trial.
The United Cricket Board of South Africa Sunday said Ntini was eligible
for
selection.
Ntini was, however, included in South Africa's provisional 30-man squad
for =
the 1999 World Cup in England in May and June. The provisional squad
includes
five black or coloured players.
Mpitsang is a steady seam bowler who plays for Free State province.
Two other uncapped players are Gauteng allrounder Andrew Hall, 23, and
coloured Boland fast-medium bowler Henry Williams, 31. The series starts
with a
day-night game at Wanderers, Johannesburg, on Friday.
The South African squad for the internationals against the West Indies
is:
Hansie Cronje (captain), Shaun Pollock (vice-captain), Gary Kirsten, Mike
Rindel, Daryll Cullinan, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Herschelle Gibbs,
Mark
Boucher, Lance Klusener, Pat Symcox, Steve Elworthy, Nicky Boje, Dale
Benkenstein, Andrew Hall, Victor Mpitsang, Henry Williams.
Injured fast bowlers Allan Donald and David Terbrugge may be added to
the
squad if they recover during the series.
South Africa's provisional World Cup squad:
Batsmen: Hansie Cronje, Gary Kirsten, Mike Rindel, Daryll Cullinan,
Jonty
Rhodes, Herschelle Gibbs, Dale Benkenstein, Adam Bacher, Andrew Hudson,
Ashwell
Prince.
Allrounders: Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Andrew
Hall,
Justin Kemp.
Fast/medium bowlers: Allan Donald, David Terbrugge, Steve Elworthy,
Victor =
Mpitsang, Henry Williams, Alan Dawson, Tyron Henderson, Mornantau Hayward,
Makhaya Ntini, Roger Telemachus.
Spin bowlers: Pat Symcox, Nicky Boje, Derek Crookes.
Wicketkeepers: Mark Boucher, Nic Pothas.
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