Fast bowlers Andre Nel and Charl Langeveldt have won places in South Africa’s 15-man squad to tour Pakistan starting next week. Nel and Langeveldt were selected ahead of Dewald Pretorius and Charl Willoughby, who joined wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile and fast bowler Monde Zondeki as the casualties from the 17-man squad that drew the Test series in England earlier this month. Left-arm spinner Paul Adams will not be considered for the three one-day internationals, while veteran batsman Gary Kirsten will replace all-rounder Alan Dawson in the squad from which the teams to play in the three Test matches will be chosen. The selection was a vote of confidence in Graeme Smith’s team, who went to England as underdogs and took a 2-1 lead into the final Test. England won by nine wickets to square the series. The squad named on Monday by the United Cricket Board (UCB) is scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Sunday. But the tour is in jeopardy in the wake of South Africa’s reluctance to play in Karachi and Peshawar after being advised by their government to avoid the two cities as well as Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
