Cricket South Africa (CSA) today announced a squad of eight spin bowlers and six batsmen to attend a spin bowling course in Mumbai from May 14 to 21.

On these developments, CSA High Performance Manager, Vinnie Barnes said - 

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The programme has been one of the major features on the CSA HP Skills Programme and has been held annually either in India or Sri Lanka.It has also become quite an important initiative to improve our batsmen techniques and game plans against spin.

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The eight selected spin bowlers are: Bjorn Fortuin (bizhub Highveld Lions), Simon Harmer (Warriors), George Linde (Cape Cobras), Keshav Maharaj (Sunfoil Dolphins), Tshepo Ntuli (VKB Knights), Aaron Phangiso (bizhub Highveld Lions), Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras), Prenelan Subrayen (Sunfoil Dolphins).

The selected batsmen are: Temba Bavuma (bizhub Highveld Lions), Reeza Hendricks (The Unlimited Titans), Smangaliso Nhlebela (KZN Inland), Hector Ngobeni ( Limpopo), Stiaan van Zyl (Cape Cobras), Dane Vilas (Cape Cobras).

Both Nhlebela and Ngobeni have been identified through the CSA Franchise Regional Academy system.

The group will be accompanied by CSA batting consultant, HD Ackerman, and CSA spin bowling consultant, Claude Henderson.