SA test squad wind-blown with change

Times Media

TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

Dane Piedt and Stiaan van Zyl made the grade. Simon Harmer did not. Quinton de Kock and Kyle Abbott earned their keep, unlike Thami Tsolekile, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan McLaren and Robin Peterson. And, of course, Graeme Smith is no longer around.

The first squad that will play under Hashim Amla’s captaincy – in two tests in Sri Lanka next month – is wind-blown with change.

Cobras couple Piedt and Van Zyl were rewarded for finishing as the leading run-scorer and...