Titans all-rounder Corbin Bosch has been named in South Africa’s XI for this week’s first Test against Pakistan at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Bosch will become the Proteas’ 10th Test debutant in 2024, after:
- Tristan Stubbs;
- Neil Brand;
- Ruan de Swardt;
- Clyde Fortuin;
- Ed Moore;
- Tshepo Moreki;
- Raynard van Tonder;
- Shaun von Berg; and
- Matthew Breetzke.
Brand, de Swardt, Fortuin, Moore, Moreki, van Tonder and von Berg during February’s Test series against New Zealand. South Africa were without several first-choice players – who were participating in the SA20 – at the time.
“If I make my debut at SuperSport Park, especially for Test cricket, I don’t think anything could be more fitting for it is where my dad started his cricketing journey,” Bosch told IOL. His father, Tertius Bosch, played for the Proteas and Titans.
“So, for me to start my Test journey. I don’t think there could be a better place. I love the ground. I love the fans. And it’s just a fantastic place to play cricket. The atmosphere, I absolutely love it.
“And it couldn’t be a more special occasion if I was to get my debut at SuperSport Park.”
South Africa debuted four Test cricketers in 2023, five in 2022, three in 2021 and four in 2020.
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