Cricket SA announce preliminary World Cup squad

Cricket SA (CSA) on Wednesday named the preliminary 30-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) to be held in New Zealand and Australia from February 14 to March 29 as required by the tournament regulations.

The final squad of 15 will be named in January, CSA said in a statement.

CWC preliminary squad: AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla (vice-captain), Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan Mclaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander, Andrew Puttick, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Mthokozisi Shezi, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk, David Wiese.