According to Cricket South Africa, the players will train in small
monitored groups with identified coaches from their nearest franchise teams.
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Agencies: Led by
Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s 44 cricketers, who are part of a men’s high
performance squad, have returned to training amid the COVID-19 pandemic after
getting approval from the country’s sports ministry.
Cricketing activities in South
Africa have been suspended since March 15, when the domestic one-day event was
in progression.
Around the same time, the
men’s national team was touring India for a three-match ODI series, which had
to be postponed after the rained off opener due to the pandemic.
South Africa has reported more
than 1,38,000 COVID-19 cases with over 2,400 deaths.
According to Cricket South
Africa, the players will train in small monitored groups with identified
coaches from their nearest franchise teams.
The sessions will be in
accordance with the guidelines set out by the CSA COVID-19 steering committee
and approved by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD).
“We engaged with the NICD who were comfortable
with our protocols and responses to their queries for further details in some
respects,” CSA Chief Medical Officer, Shuaib Manjra said.
“Our prevention programme, besides the regular
testing of players and support staff, is predicated on personal hygiene
measures and creating a sanitised ecosystem.
“COVID-19 compliance managers at each venue
have assumed responsibility to ensure all the elements of the protocol are
implemented,” he added.
Plans for the commencement of
training for the women’s High Performance training squad are still being
deliberated upon.
The training sessions will be
closed to the media until CSA makes provision for a media opportunity. This includes
photographers.
Training Squad:
Quinton de Kock, Dean Elgar,
Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Junior Dala, Theunis de Bruyn, Rassie van der
Dussen, Shaun von Berg, Dwaine Pretorius, Henrich Klaasen, Temba Bavuma, Reeza
Hendricks, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Wiaan Mulder, Bjorn Fortuin, Andile
Phehlukwayo, David Miller, Sarel Erwee, Khaya Zondo, Daryn Dupavillon, Keshav
Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy, Keagan Petersen, Imran Tahir, Lutho Sipamla, Edward
Moore, Anrich Nortje, Sisanda Magala, Glenton Stuurman, Jon-Jon Smuts, Rudi
Second, Pite van Biljon, Raynaard van Tonder, Gerald Coetzee, Pieter Malan,
Zubayr Hamza, Janneman Malan, Faf du Plessis, Tony de Zorzi, Beuran Hendricks,
Nandre Burger, George Linde and Kyle Verreynne.
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