Morne Morkel has been included in South Africa’s Test squad to tour New Zealand in March after recovering from a career-threatening back injury, which had kept him out of the national team since June. Morkel forms part of a six-strong fast-bowling pack that includes a fully fit Vernon Philander, who has recovered from an ankle impingement, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, and allrounders Wayne Parnell and Chris Morris.
In the absence of AB de Villiers, who opted out of Test cricket for most of 2017, South Africa have picked reserve batsman Theunis de Bruyn and uncapped wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen from Titans, who finished seventh on the batting charts in the Sunfoil Series first-class competition.
South Africa Test squad Faf du Plessis (capt), Stephen Cook, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Theunis de Bruyn, Heinrich Klaasen, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris
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Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo’s South Africa correspondent
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