Rassie van der Dussen to make his Test debut when Proteas face England on Boxing Day

Further explaining how they are going to balance the team for the first of four Tests‚ Du Plessis revealed that they are seriously looking at the option of bringing in an all-rounder and yet to decide on the extra bowler.

The other player who is likely to get the nod is another debutant Dwaine Pretorius‚ and for the extra fast bowler the think tank will have to make a call between Dane Paterson‚ Anrich Nortje and Beuran Hendricks. "Even someone like myself who has played a lot of international cricket‚ I feel like it helps to have them.

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