| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Temba Bavuma (c) | Middle-order batter |
| David Bedingham | Middle-order batter |
| Corbin Bosch | Allrounder |
| Matthew Breetzke | Batter |
| Tony de Zorzi | Top-order batter |
| Marco Jansen | Bowling allrounder |
| Keshav Maharaj | Bowler |
| Kwena Maphaka | Bowler |
| Aiden Markram | Opening batter |
| Wiaan Mulder | Allrounder |
| Senuran Muthusamy | Batting allrounder |
| Dane Paterson | Bowler |
| Kagiso Rabada | Bowler |
| Ryan Rickelton † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Tristan Stubbs | Batter |
| Kyle Verreynne † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASA |  | 201 & 274 | lost to | 272 & 298 |  | PAKPAK | 04/02/21 | South Africa tour of Pakistan 2020/21 |
| SASA | | 220 & 245 | lost to | 378 & 90/3 | | PAKPAK | 26/01/21 | South Africa tour of Pakistan 2020/21 |
| SASA | | 262 & 303 | beat | 185 & 273 | | PAKPAK | 11/01/19 | Pakistan tour of South Africa 2018/19 |
| SASA | | 431 & 43/1 | beat | 177 & 294 | | PAKPAK | 03/01/19 | Pakistan tour of South Africa 2018/19 |
| SASA | | 223 & 151/4 | beat | 181 & 190 | | PAKPAK | 26/12/18 | Pakistan tour of South Africa 2018/19 |
Corbin Bosch, who earned his maiden call-up to the Test squad, will replace Baartman in the ODI squad
Ghulam struck 63 off just 32 balls towards the end to help post series-sealing total
Bjorn Fortuin named as replacement, with Maharaj to be assessed ahead of first Test starting December 26
Pakistan also have an outside chance, although it's very remote
Joe Root has taken back the top spot in the Test batting rankings back from team-mate Harry Brook
