Parnell to debut
12/01/2009 8:02 PM
Wayne Parnell will make his debut after he was named in South Africa's starting line-up for Tuesday night's second KFC Twenty20 match against Australia at the Gabba.
The 19-year-old left-handed all-rounder will take the place of Lonwabo Tsotsobe who made his debut in the first T20 match on Sunday night at the MCG.
In two other changes to the Melbourne side, Hashim Amla takes the place of Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel replaces Makhaya Ntini.
"It was always our plan to give every player in the squad at least one match," explained coach Mickey Arthur.
"We will certainly need to continue rotating the bowlers at the least in the ODIs."
"There is a lot of cricket coming up when we get home for the return series against Australia and we must take the anticipated workload of the bowlers into account and make sure that they are fresh and ready to go."
AB de Villiers, who suffered severe bruising of the thigh in Sunday night's match as a result of a Shaun Tait thunderbolt, has been included in the starting line-up, but team physiotherapist Shane Jabaar indicated that he might be required to undergo a fitness test.
South Africa starting XI
Johan Botha (capt), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.