Heinrich Klaasen replaces Second in Proteas Test squad

SA wicketkeeper/batsman Heinrich Klaasen in action. Picture: BACKPAGEPIXWicketkeeper-batter Klaasen played the most recent of his 23 white-ball games for SA’s men’s team in February‚ and was not involved in the World Cup.Klaasen replaces Rudi Second‚ who was ruled out with what a Cricket SA release described only as “an injury while practising with the SA A side that will require immediate surgery”.

Second was one of three uncapped players named in the original Test squad‚ while Klaasen has yet to make his Test debut. SA A will play five one-day matches and two four-day games against their Indian counterparts between August 29 and September 20. The senior side take on India on September 15 in the first of three T20s‚ with the three-match Test series scheduled to end on October 23.

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