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South Africa's Squad For The Second Test Against West Indies - <\/strong>Spin pair Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer have been drafted into South Africa's team for the second Test against West Indies, coach Shukri Conrad announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

All-rounder Wiaan Mulder and in-form batsman Ryan Rickelton also come into the starting XI at the Wanderers on Wednesday as South Africa look to build on their 87-run win in the first Test at Centurion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Injured fast bowler Anrich Nortje gives way while spinning all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy, batsman Keegan Petersen and fast bowler Marco Jansen have all been left out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The inclusion of two spinners is a rarity for South African teams playing at the Wanderers. Left-arm spinner Maharaj, 33, and off-spinner Harmer, 34, both return having played in harness together in the Sydney Test against Australia in January.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Conrad said the selection of two spinners was based on a tendency for the Wanderers pitch to offer some spin over the past year, while he said left-arm quick Jansen "deserves a bit of a break".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The pace attack of Kagiso Rabada and Gerald Coetzee will get some backing from medium-paced all-rounder Mulder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rickelton, a wicketkeeper-batsman who played his three Tests last year making a best score of 42 against Bangladesh in Gqeberha, replaces an out-of-sorts Petersen at number five.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Heinrich Klaasen, however, will retain the wicketkeeper role.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Conrad pointed out that every player in the 15-man squad “has got an opportunity to play".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Conrad also pleaded for more Test cricket for both South Africa and the West Indies, saying both teams had a proud history at the highest level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"If there is a lack of Test cricket, interest could start to wane," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We don't play a lot of Test cricket so we've got to find novel ways of finding out about these guys," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Conrad said he wanted to have a settled Test squad by the time India arrive for South Africa's next Test series in December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Asked how that would be possible given the lack of Test fixtures, Conrad said he hoped to take a South Africa A team on tour which would include some of the younger members of the current Test squad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

South Africa's Squad For The Second Test Against West Indies<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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