Sport | Proteas go batting heavy for first Windies Test

Proteas batter Tristan Stubbs has been entrusted with the number three spot for the West Indies Test series. (Roger Sedres/Gallo Images)

The Proteas have named their side to face the West Indies in Trinidad starting Wednesday.Coach Shukri Conrad has opted for a batting-heavy combination.Tristan Stubbs will bat at No 3 as confirmed by Conrad last month.For more on the Proteas, visit News24’s dedicated section.The Proteas have named their side to face the West Indies in the first Test of a two-match series starting in Trinidad on Wednesday.

Head coach Shukri Conrad has opted for a batting-heavy side that features both Kyle Verreynne and Ryan Rickelton, with Verreynne handling wicket-keeping duties.

Aiden Markram will open with Tony de Zorzi with Tristan Stubbs at No 3, while captain Temba Bavuma and David Bedingham round out the top 5.

They are followed by Rickleton and Verreynne, with all-rounder Wiaan Mulder, spinner Keshav Maharaj, and fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.

Last month, Conrad confirmed Stubbs would have an extended run at first drop for the Proteas.

“He’s the type of cricketer that I want at the top of the order, and I think he’s got all the makings of a top-class number three batter,” he said.

“I certainly wouldn’t be giving anybody something to do if I didn’t think they were capable of doing it, [I’m] certainly not hanging him out to dry.”

Play starts at 16:00 (SA time) on Wednesday. 

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