The Star Early Edition

Who will grab a late World Cup slot?

- ZAAHIER ADAMS zaahier.adams@inl.co.za

WITH the World Cup just under two months away, the Momentum OneDay Cup could be the ideal platform for any player from the six franchises competing to put their name up in lights and barge their way into the 15-man Proteas squad. Here we profile five players who could give the selectors something to think about. the One-Day Cup, he might just be a late inclusion on the plane to England. yesterday for the Sri Lanka series. A close eye should therefore be kept on left-arm seamer Hendricks. At 28, Hendricks can no longer be regarded as a youngster, but he is still a rookie in terms of internatio­nal cricket. His stocks have certainly risen after a career-best T20I performanc­e at Centurion in midweek and with Proteas coach Ottis Gibson keen to add variety to the attack, the fact that Hendricks is a leftarmer could just sway the vote his way.

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