Proteas bolstered by big returns for Australia series

South Africa have named full-strength squads for their upcoming white-ball tour of Australia as the team builds towards the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027.

Aiden Markram will lead the T20I side, while Temba Bavuma returns to captain the ODI squad, following heroic performances in the Proteas' ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 triumph.

Off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen, who made his Test debut against Zimbabwe earlier this year, earns his maiden call-up in both white-ball formats on the back of an impressive domestic season.

Exciting young batting prospects Dewald Brevis and Lhuan-dré Pretorius also feature in the two squads, with the latter earning his maiden ODI call-up.

Pretorius made a stunning Test debut in Zimbabwe, smashing 153 in his very first outing in the red-ball format.

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