da bwin： The National Cricket selection panel has named the following squad to playagainst Pakistan in the 1st Castle Lager/MTN Test match at Kingsmead inDurban from the 26th to the 30th December
UCBSA Press Release24-Dec-2002The National Cricket selection panel has named the following squad to playagainst Pakistan in the 1st Castle Lager/MTN Test match at Kingsmead inDurban from the 26th to the 30th December.Shaun Pollock – Captain – KwaZulu-Natal
Mark Boucher – Vice-Captain – Border
Nicky Boje – Free State
Boeta Dippenaar – Free State
Steve Elworthy – Northern
Herschelle Gibbs – Western Province
Andrew Hall – Easterns
Mornantau Hayward – Eastern Province
Jacques Kallis – Western Province
Gary Kirsten – Western Province
Neil McKenzie – Northern
Makhaya Ntini – Border
Graeme Smith – Western Province
Coach: Eric Simons
Assistant Coach: Corrie van Zyl
Physiotherapist: Shane Jabbaar
Fitness Trainer: Andrew Gray
Manager Goolam Rajah
The selection panel convener Omar Henry said Mornantau Hayward will undergoa fitness test at training on Tuesday and should he not be fit to play thenSteve Elworthy will play.The squad for the second Test at Newlands as well as the final squad offifteen for the ICC World Cup 2003 will be announced in Durban at the end ofthe first Test.Border paceman Monde Zondeki although selected in the squad has been withdrawn to allow him to play for the Border Bears in two Standard Bank Cup matches thisweekend.The convenor of the national selectors, Omar Henry, explained that whileZondeki had been selected for the national squad, he was unlikely to play inthe first Castle Lager/MTN Test match so it had been decided to release himto his province and allow him to use every opportunity to play competitivecricket. The Castle Lager/MTN Test match starts at Kingsmead on Thursday 26December and the Border Bears have two home fixtures in the Standard BankCup – against Easterns on Friday and against North West on Sunday.