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David Teeger Relieved Of South Africa U19 Captaincy
CSA Provincial Challenge Division Two: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have relieved David Teeger from captaincy of their Under-19 side ahead of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 following security advice regarding the position of the player on the Gaza-Israel conflict.
The replacement will be announced in due course. Teeger, who has impressed at junior level, scoring 159 runs for South Africa Emerging in the CSA Provincial Challenge Division Two recently, will remain part of the squad and contest in the tournament.
“The decision to remove Teeger as captain, was taken in the best interests of all the players, the SA U-19 team and David himself,” CSA said in a statement. “He will continue to remain with the squad as a player and a new captain will be named "in due course".