SA captain Faf du Plessis says the team’s management are not too far from settling on a side that will represent the nation at the ICC World Cup in England next year. Coach Ottis Gibson has been trying out new players in the last few months and the outgoing limited overs series against Australia is another opportunity for the technical team to try out a few combinations. “I would say we are about 85% to the team that we will be taking to the World Cup‚” said Du Plessis. “We have an idea of the kind of players that we want to take to the World Cup. “We have said it in the past that we want to start identifying players and we are using current games at our disposal to see what exactly brings the best out of them. “Unfortunately‚ we have had injuries to key players like JP Duminy and Hashim Amla. “But at the same time we have guys like Chris Morris‚ Dwaine Pretorius and Farhaan Behardien coming back to the team‚ which is a huge opportunity for them.” The unavailability of Amla and Dumi...
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