South Africa
South Africa selected their squad of 14 on 7 September. The omission of spinner Nicky Boje, with 115 ODI caps for South Africa, was described as "interesting" by Cricinfo.
| Player |
Date of Birth |
ODIs |
Batting |
Bowling style |
First class team |
| Graeme Smith (c) |
1 February 1981 |
90 |
Left |
Off break |
Cape Cobras |
| Loots Bosman |
14 April 1977 |
3 |
Right |
Right arm medium |
Eagles |
| Mark Boucher |
3 December 1976 |
218 |
Right |
Wicket-keeper |
Warriors |
| A. B. de Villiers |
17 February 1984 |
17 |
Right |
Right arm medium and wicket-keeper |
Titans |
| Boeta Dippenaar |
14 June 1977 |
98 |
Right |
Off break |
Eagles |
| Herschelle Gibbs |
23 February 1974 |
186 |
Right |
Right arm medium |
Cape Cobras |
| Andrew Hall |
31 July 1975 |
70 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Lions, Kent Spitfires |
| Jacques Kallis |
16 October 1975 |
229 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Cape Cobras |
| Justin Kemp |
2 October 1977 |
53 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Titans, Kent Spitfires |
| Charl Langeveldt |
17 December 1974 |
31 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Lions |
| André Nel |
15 July 1977 |
47 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Titans |
| Makhaya Ntini |
6 July 1977 |
130 |
Right |
Right arm fast |
Warriors |
| Robin Peterson |
4 August 1979 |
28 |
Left |
Slow left arm orthodox |
Warriors |
| Shaun Pollock |
16 July 1973 |
255 |
Right |
Right arm fast medium |
Dolphins |
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