Overview

• Quinton de Kock is included in the ODI and T20I squads, returning to international white-ball cricket after last featuring in the 2024 T20 World Cup final.
• Test captain Temba Bavuma is out for six to eight weeks with a calf strain, with Aiden Markram to lead as South Africa begin their World Test Championship defence in Pakistan from October 12–24.
• Offspinner Simon Harmer earns a recall to bolster the attack in Pakistan, with Keshav Maharaj named for the second Test only as he completes rehabilitation from a groin strain.
• David Miller will captain the T20Is, Matthew Breetzke will lead the ODIs, and Donovan Ferreira will captain the one-off T20I in Windhoek on October 11.
• CSA confirms a rotation policy that rests most Test all-format picks for the white-ball leg, with Corbin Bosch and Dewald Brevis the exceptions, while the Namibia T20I doubles as the first limited-overs meeting between the nations and the opening of the Namibia Cricket Ground.