Saturday 3 December 2016

#Springboks and #Proteas name squads for Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup

The Springboks and Proteas have named their squads for the Mandela Legacy Cup at Newlands in Cape Town.

The Legacy Cup is a friendly game of T20 cricket between the two national sides that has been organised since January 2014 to honour South Africa's first democratically-elected president as well as raising funds for the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Pat Lambie, who will captain the Springboks, was a highly accomplished cricketer at school.

Proteas: Hashim Amla, Mangaliso Mosehle, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Aaron Phangiso, Imran Tahir, Kyle Abbott.

Springboks: Pat Lambie, Damian de Allende, Faf de Klerk, Jean de Villiers, Stephan Dippenaar, Butch James, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Conrad Jantjes, Tiaan Liebenberg, Percy Montgomery, Trevor Nyakane, Sergeal Petersen.