Heino Kuhn has waited 33 years and 133 first-class matches to be named in SA’s Test squad. On Monday‚ he was among the 16 players picked for July’s Test series in England. The moment might have been upon Kuhn in 2015-16‚ when he was the leading run scorer in the franchise first-class competition‚ or in 2006-07‚ when he was second from the top. Instead‚ it came after he had scored an undefeated 200 for SA A against Hampshire in Southampton earlier in June. That is when the selectors told him his summer in England would continue for a few months. Other notable decisions were the inclusion of Andile Phehlukwayo at the expense of Wayne Parnell‚ and that Dean Elgar would captain SA in the first Test at Lord’s if Faf du Plessis does not make it back in time from attending the birth of his and his wife, Imari’s, first child. In batting terms‚ Aiden Markram is the plan B if Du Plessis is not around. Stephen Cook‚ who scored 17 runs in four innings in New Zealand in March‚ makes way for Kuhn...
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