Beuran Hendricks and Heinrich Klaasen failed to make it to the 16-man list contract list for CSA.
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Janneman Malan and Keegan Petersen were rewarded for their fine performances in white and red-ball cricket respectively with a Cricket South Africa (CSA) contract for 2022-23. However, left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks and wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen, who made it to the list in the last two years were axed.
Top-oder batter has been in fine form since February 2019. He accumulated 759 runs in 13 innings at an average of 69.00, with three hundreds and a best of 177 not out against Ireland, besides winning the ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year for 2021.
Petersen was also at the top of his game as he scored 276 runs at an average of 46.00, including three fifties, in South Africa’s 2-1 comeback over India. He has, meanwhile, scored 320 runs at an average of 35.55 in five Tests.
The contracts for South Africa women’s players, meanwhile, will be announced after the conclusion of the ongoing ODI World Cup in New Zealand.
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CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki was delighted with the national team’s performance in the last season under Temba Bavuma in white-ball cricket. He highlighted that South Africa has also shown signs of improvement in the longest format of the game.
“It has been an exceptional season for the white-ball team that has not lost a series under the leadership of Temba Bavuma,” CSA’s newly appointed CEO Pholetsi Moseki said. “One of the biggest upcoming highlights for us is the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia and we are looking forward to supporting Temba and his men as they look to make history later this year.
“The Test team has grown and shown significant improvement under the strong leadership of Dean Elgar. This season will see the Proteas play even more Test cricket, which is vital for the growth of the players, the format in our country, as well as the accumulation of points towards the ICC World Test Championship.
“We at CSA are big advocates of rewarding excellence and I am pleased to be the first to congratulate Janneman Malan and Keegan Petersen on their newly awarded contracts.”
CSA contracted men’s players: Temba Bavuma, Dean Elgar, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Keegan Petersen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
