/ 15 December 1999

SQUAD FOR THIRD TEST

SOUTH Africa on Monday named a squad of 12 players for the third cricket Test against England at Kingsmead, Durban, over the Christmas holidays.

All members of the side, who played to a draw in the second Test in Port Elizabeth have been retained, along with spinner Paul Adams.

Boeta Wessels,official 12th man for the first two Tests, has however been released to play for Free State.

The squad:

Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Hansie Cronje (capt.), Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Mornantau Hayward, Allan Donald, Paul Adams.