SA, BANGLADESH ANNOUNCE SQUADS FOR ZIM TRIANGULAR

South Africa's ODI and T20 captain AB de Villiers, Morne Morkel,Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn will miss the tour to our beloved Zimbabwe as Cricket South Africa decided to rest the star players after their exploits in the recently concluded IPL. The quartet will stay at home while the Proteas play an unofficial triangular series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, who are also using the games to prepare for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September. Faf du Plessis has been drafted into the side, as has Highveld Lions all-rounder Chris Morris, who will make his debut for the national side. The team will be captained by Johan Botha. Convener of selectors Andrew Hudson explained: "The four players concerned have turned out in virtually all their games for their franchises during the Indian Premier League. "In addition they are involved in all three international formats for the Proteas and this is the last chance to rest them until the end of the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September and October. "Du Plessis has been a stand-out performer for the Chennai Super Kings at the IPL and well deserves his T20 call-up. He has given us exciting, extra options by demonstrating his ability both at the top of the order and in the middle-order. Johan Botha (capt), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Marchant de Lange, JP Duminy , Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Chris Morris , Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Dane Vilas. MEANWHILE Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful and opening batsman Junaid Siddique have been recalled for the unofficial Twenty20 tri-series against Zimbabwe and South Africa next month after reasonable performances in Bangladesh Premier League. They replaced Nazimuddin and Jahurul Islam, both of whom were in the top-order during the Asia Cup in March. This season, Ashraful and Junaid have batted like they used to in the early part of their careers in the Twenty20 format. Ashraful has the most runs in T20Is for Bangladesh and was the second highest scorer among country's batsmen in the BPL with 258 runs at a strike-rate of 112.66 including a fifty. Junaid scored 238 runs in the BPL and had been in good form in first-class cricket. He played his last T20I in August 2009 against West Indies. Bangladesh arrive in Harare on June 13 and take on Zimbabwe in the first game of the tournament on June 17. Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Mahmudullah (vice-capt), Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Anamul Haque, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Elias Sunny, Mashrafe Mortaza, Farhad Reza, Nazmul Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Abul Hasan