I cannot over-emphasize the importance of not taking risks with injured players.

That is something we still have to work out but whoever it is, he is going to be an unlucky man.

AB is an extremely talented and special player with much time ahead of him. A stint on our domestic circuit will do him the world of good.

As was the case with Monde, we will again decide to choose a player who forms part of our plans. The bowler we will summon will, in any case, just play a supporting role in Australia.

This is exactly the healthy competition we, as selectors, are looking for. Hopefully others will also perform better.

These are all must-win games, and you simply have to pick your strongest XI for must-win games. That's why Polly has played all of them. And at the moment Graeme is still a part of our strongest XI.

We will only play him once he has fully recovered from his injury.

We are excited by the boundary hitting capability and form of Loots and we would like to see him on the international stage.

We will, however, monitor performances carefully and look to build a successful test team.

With one Castle Test completed, we are now able to reduce the squad to 14 players and will reduce it further to 13 for the last Castle Test at Liberty Life Wanderers.