Proteas to use provinces to prepare for West Indies series

The series against the West Indies will be Conrad's first in charge of the Test team. He did run operations in Rob Walter's absence during the successful ODI series against England recently. It was there that the players were told to avail themselves for the domestic competition.

“We have been very careful about managing players, you saw that during the ODIs,” said Conrad. Fast bowlers Rabada, Anrich Nortjé and Lungi Ngidi were rotated over the course of those three matches, with one eye on the SA20 but more importantly the Tests against the West Indies that will be played back to back.

At this stage there was no plan to call on the provincial coaches to limit their use of the players. Previously, especially with regards the fast bowlers, domestic coaches were told they could only use bowlers for a set number of overs in a day or even a session. “No, we don't want to do that,” said Conrad. “We don't want the players losing that competitive edge, that is very important as part of the preparation for the Tests. Also for the provinces there’s a lot at stake; first place is up for grabs, and there’s promotion relegation to think about.”

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