SA A team being re-tooled

They have lost the match to India in the Twenty20 tournament back home and bowed out too, and here, with the second match a sure draw because of he rains, third day too being washed out the South Africa A team will also lose the two-match series. But their side is about to get strengthened by the inclusion of five players from the Twenty20 squad8212;Albie Morkel, Vernon Philander, Johan van der Wath, Gulam Bodi and Thandi Tshabalala8212;for their three-match one-day series against India A.

8220;Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn and Hashim Amla will leave for the Pakistan series so we will get some of the guys who have played in the Twenty20 World Cup for the three one-dayers in Gujarat,8221; said SA A coach Barney Mohammed. Johan Botha, the off-spinner has also been included in the 17-man squad.