1. Pieter Malan 2. Mohammad Shahzad 3. Faf du Plessis 4. Rassie van der Dussen 5. Shakib al Hasan 6. Quinton de Kock (+) 7. Temba Bavuma 8. Keemo Paul 9. Craig Overton 10. Daryn Dupavillon 11. Dane Paterson 12. Stephen Cook 13. Bjorn Fortuin I'm inclined, with the team I have, to go for four pacers and Shakib. Have a player in mind who will hopefully come to fruition and replace Dupavillon, too.
1. Pieter Malan 2. Mohammad Shahzad 3. Faf du Plessis 4. Rassie van der Dussen 5. Shakib al Hasan (5) 6. Quinton de Kock (+) 7. Temba Bavuma 8. Keemo Paul (3) 9. Craig Overton (1) 10. Daryn Dupavillon (4) 11. Dane Paterson (2) 12. Stephen Cook 13. Bjorn Fortuin 14. Umar Akmal 15. Imran Tahir I hate having Bavuma so much but he's probably a good number 7 in this, and since I have Shakib I can easily afford it. Probably looking at a middle-order, pacer, and one other - probably an AR of some sort I guess. Going with four pacers as i have Shakib and at this point I think just running a pace-centric team and pitch would be ideal when you also consider the number of SA batsmen I have. I don't think I need another keeper as Shahzad is a keeper, and I believe Umar Akmal will count as a part-timer. @Cribbage to confirm the latter pls.
That said there's a keeper I have in mind (actually 2, although the second less so) who I am tempted to pick up for trading purposes (good enough as a batsman if a trade doesn't come tbf). But I probably won't.
1. Pieter Malan 2. Mohammad Shahzad 3. Faf du Plessis 4. Rassie van der Dussen 5. Shakib al Hasan (5) 6. Quinton de Kock (+) 7. Temba Bavuma/Duminy 8. Keemo Paul (3) 9. Craig Overton (1) 10. Daryn Dupavillon (4) 11. Dane Paterson (2) 12. Stephen Cook 13. Bjorn Fortuin 14. Umar Akmal 15. Imran Tahir 16. JP Duminy/Bavuma 17. Mohammad Asif Duminy can slot in if I feel I need a part timer as a 6th bowling option but I probably won't. Genuinely uncertain who will be better than this out of Bavuma and Duminy as a pure bat.
1. Pieter Malan 2. Mohammad Shahzad 3. Faf du Plessis 4. Rassie van der Dussen 5. Shakib al Hasan (5) 6. Quinton de Kock (+) 7. Temba Bavuma 8. Keemo Paul (3) 9. Craig Overton (1) 10. Daryn Dupavillon (4) 11. Dane Paterson (2) 12. Stephen Cook 13. Bjorn Fortuin 14. Umar Akmal 15. Imran Tahir 16. JP Duminy 17. Mohammad Asif 18. Yuvraj Singh Depth: Opener: Malan, Shahzad, Cook Middle-order: du Plessis, van der Dussen, al Hasan*, Bavuma, Akmal, Duminy**, Singh** Keeper: de Kock (Shahzad and Akmal) Pacers: Overton**, Paterson, Paul*, Dupavillon, Asif Spinners: Fortuin*, Tahir * - AR ** - Part-timer/lower-order useful batsman If anyone wants trades still I'd consider them on merit but pretty happy with the squad considering the disappointing middle-stages (including that horrid Dupavillon pick). Most likely to be interested in an opener/bowler for an equivalent batsman of mine. A few guys on my bench could be dark horses tbh (Asif, Tahir, Duminy) based on how Cribb's system rates them. Depending on warm-ups may end up playing Asif over Dupavillon, for example.
