South Africa, Australia announce squads for World Test final
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
JOHANNESBURG, May 13 (AFP): Kagiso Rabada will lead a South African pace bowling attack weakened by injury in the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's in London from June 11 to 15.
Coach Shukri Conrad on Tuesday named a 15-man squad which includes six pace bowlers.
But three of South Africa's fastest bowlers missed selection.
Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee and Nandre Burger have all been hit by injuries before and during the championship cycle.
Rabada, who recently returned to cricket after serving a ban for recreational drug use, will be backed up by tall left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen as well as right-arm seamers in Dane Paterson, Lungi Ngidi and all-rounders Wiaan Mulder and Corbin Bosch.
Meanwhile, captain Pat Cummins, fellow quick bowler Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Cameron Green were all named Tuesday in Australia's 15-man squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa at Lord's next month.
Cummins (ankle) and Hazlewood (hip and calf) missed Australia's most recent Test series in Sri Lanka because of injury but both have successfully returned to action in the IPL.