Dewald Brevis, Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Kwena Maphaka are the one members of what may very well be thought of a full-strength South African squad who’ve been included for the sequence.
“We noticed glimpses of what Connor and Nqobani can provide throughout the T20I sequence towards New Zealand earlier this 12 months. It was unlucky that Jordan picked up an damage within the opening match of that sequence, so we’re wanting ahead to seeing him get one other alternative at this stage,” Shukri Conrad, South Africa’s all-format coach, mentioned. “This tour has additionally opened the door for gamers who’ve carried out domestically. Duan is a kind of gamers. He’s a high quality all-rounder who has additionally proven nice character for the Titans.”
Jansen is the one real seam-bowling allrounder in a squad that features internationally capped batters Tony de Zorzi and Jason Smith and skilled bowlers similar to Lutho Sipamla and Prenelan Subrayen. There isn’t any room for Gerald Coetzee or Senuran Muthusamy, each of whom have been included in South Africa’s A aspect that may play Bangladesh in four-day and one-day matches which is able to happen similtaneously the Namibia tour, indicating they’re being primed for Assessments later within the season.
Fortuin, who’s one in need of 300 home white-ball caps, has not performed worldwide cricket since November 2025 and may even see this as a chance to resurrect what appeared to be a short-lived stint in South African colors. He has 16 ODI and 27 T20I caps. “Bjorn is an skilled participant and confirmed chief who has efficiently captained the Lions, and we’ve got each confidence in his skill to steer this group.” Conrad mentioned.
South Africa can have a problem balancing participant workload over the following eight months with a house schedule that features incoming excursions by Australia, Bangladesh and England, adopted by the SA20 after which an away sequence in Sri Lanka. The matches in Namibia had been added on late and introduced final week as southern African nations look to extend engagement with one another forward of subsequent 12 months’s males’s ODI World Cup.
“It’s all the time thrilling to play towards our neighbouring nations, and the first-ever ODI sequence between South Africa and Namibia provides additional significance, particularly as we construct in the direction of subsequent 12 months’s World Cup,” Conrad mentioned.
South Africa males’s squad for Namibia tour
Bjorn Fortuin (capt), Eathan Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen, Jordan Hermann, Rubin Hermann, Duan Jansen, Kwena Maphaka, Nqobani Mokoena, Nqaba Peter, Lhuan-dré Pretorius, Lutho Sipamla, Jason Smith, Prenelan Subrayen
South Africa A’s four-day squad towards Bangladesh A
Marques Ackerman (c), Matthew Boast, Okuhle Cele, Gerald Coetzee, Tshepang Dithole, Zubayr Hamza, Gavin Kaplan, Tshepo Moreki, Senuran Muthusamy, Tshepo Ntuli, Meeka-eel Prince, Delano Potgieter, Sinethemba Qeshile, Lesego Senokwane, and Codi Yusuf
South Africa A’s one-day squad towards Bangladesh A
Marques Ackerman (c), Matthew Boast, Okuhle Cele, Gerald Coetzee, Matthew de Villiers, Zubayr Hamza, Dian Forrester, Delano Potgieter, Imraan Manack, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Mihlali Mpongwana, Sinethemba Qeshile, Andile Simelane, Kyle Simmonds and Codi Yusuf
Firdose Moonda is Cricinfo’s senior correspondent for Africa and girls’s cricket