Johannesburg, Jan 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Africa have added uncapped opener Edward Moore to the Test squad for the two-match series against New Zealand next month.
Moore will be the eighth uncapped player in South Africa's 15-member squad. He is an experienced campaigner in the domestic circuit, having amassed 7743 runs in 117 first-class matches for Western Province.
He has been in good form this season, scoring 414 runs at 51.75 in the Division 1 CSA 4-Day Series.
Neil Brand will captain the side in the two-Test ICC World Test Championship series, with South Africa set to depart on January 19.
South Africa will play a warm-up match against the New Zealand XI from January 29 to 31 before the first Test begins in Mount Maunganui on February 4.
South Africa squad: Neil Brand (c), David Bedingham, Ruan de Swardt, Clyde Fortuin, Zubayr Hamza, Edward Moore, Tshepo Moreki, Mihlali Mpongwana, Duanne Olivier, Dane Paterson, Keegan Petersen, Dane Piedt, Raynard van Tonder, Shaun von Berg, Khaya Zondo.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz