South Africa Drop Herschelle Gibbs For Bangladesh Tour - Duminy Rewarded For Fine One-Day Perfomance Against West Indies
Submitted by Sudhakar Shanbhag on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 17:56.
Poor form with the bat has cost opener Herschelle Gibbs a place in the South Africa squad for their forthcoming tour to Bangladesh.
Gibbs, who is averaging a paltry 22.40 in the last six Tests has been replaced by JP Duminy.
Duminy impressed during the five-match one-day series win over West Indies recently, having scored 227 runs in four innings.
South Africa leave for Dhaka on Wednesday with the first Test scheduled on February 22.
Squad: Graeme Smith (captain), Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn
