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DURBAN, South Africa, Nov 20 - South Africa
paceman Dale Steyn has been rewarded for his brilliant
performances in the test series triumph over New Zealand with a
spot in the one-day squad to play three matches against the
Black Caps. Steyn, who took 20 wickets in the two-test series, replaces
all rounder Justin Kemp as the only change to the squad that
defeated Pakistan in a one-day series last month. "Dale gives us an exciting extra option as a wicket-taking
bowler," selection chief Joubert Strydom was quoted as saying
in a Cricket South Africa media release on Tuesday. The same squad has been named for a one-off Twenty20 match
against New Zealand in Johannesburg on Friday. However, Morne van Wyk is on standby for Herschelle Gibbs,
who injured a knee during the second test in Centurion. South Africa won the first test by 358 runs and wrapped up
the series 2-0 by winning the second test by an innings and 59
runs. The first one-day international will be played in Durban on
Sunday. Squad: Graeme Smith (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques
Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock,
Albie Morkel, Vernon Philander, Johan Botha, Andre Nel, Charl
Langeveldt, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn.
(Reporting by Telford Vice; Editing by John O'Brien)
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