Lesego Senokwane will open the batting with Tony de Zorzi as Matthew Breetzke misses out.
Senokwane scored 559 runs, including two centuries, for the Free State Knights in last season’s 4-Day Series. The 28-year-old has seven hundreds and eight fifties in 50 first-class matches and was selected for the SA A team that recently toured the West Indies.
Spinners Prenelan Subrayen, on debut, and Senuran Muthusamy come in for the injured Keshav Maharaj and fast bowler Kwena Maphaka.
Subrayen, the 31-year-old KZN Dolphins off-spinner, has taken 242 wickets in 77 first-class matches, including a five-wicket haul in SA A’s victory against West Indies in St Lucia.
All-rounder Wiaan Mulder will captain the team in Maharaj’s absence.
The Proteas won the first Test against Zimbabwe by 328 runs.
Proteas XI – Tony de Zorzi, Lesego Senokwane, Wiaan Mulder (c), David Bedingham, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne, Senuran Muthusamy, Corbin Bosch, Prenelan Subrayend, Codi Yusuf.
Photo: Zimbabwe Cricket
