Klusener left out of South African team for England

Lance Klusener was the most high-profile casualty as South Africa announced the most demographically representative touring party since they were readmitted to the international cricket community. Klusener will not be going to England this year, a fact confirmed by the selectors when they announced both the one-day and Test squads live on national television on Monday evening.

Klusener paid the price for a gradual but ultimately fatal decline in form over the past four years, during which time he still proved capable of matchwinning performances but frustrated with his inconsistency and often unpredictable and destructive attitude.

Six of the 16 members of the Test squad are non-white, the highest proportion ever, and any suggestions that their places might have been guaranteed to some degree by outside political interference were made redundant and even repugnant by the fact that only four black players were included in the one-day squad of 17. The six are regulars Makhaya Ntini and Herschelle Gibbs, wrist-spinner Paul Adams, allrounder Robin Peterson, wicketkeeper-batsman Thami Tsolekile, and fast bowler Monde Zondeki.

Tsolekile's selection means that for the first time in his Test career, Mark Boucher (named as vice-captain to 22-year-old Graeme Smith) will have an understudy on tour. Tsolekile's undoubted potential was recognised after he impressed with the gloves on the recent South Africa A tour of Australia. He can bat, too, although his form was patchy in the recent domestic season.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that fast bowler Dewald Pretorius is included in both squads. Pretorius, who recently joined Durham, was mauled by the Australian batsmen in his one Test appearance at Cape Town last year, and after a domestic season in which he was good without being brilliant the selectors' justification for his inclusion is that he is "perhaps the fastest of them all" among the fast bowlers chosen.

Apart from Pretorius, Zondeki is the only truly contentious selection. He was a member of the World Cup squad but seriously injured his shoulder in a car crash soon after their elimination, and has not bowled a ball since. However, as the 16th member of the squad, he is hardly a gamble. He's only 20, and there is no other young fast bowler in the country with as much potential.

The one-day squad also finds space for Morne van Wyk, a close second to Tsolekile as cover for Boucher, and a very useful batsman.

South Africa squad for Tests and ODIs Graeme Smith (capt), Mark Boucher (v-capt/wkt), Paul Adams, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Dewald Pretorius, Jacques Rudolph.

One-day only Nicky Boje, Allan Dawson, Andrew Hall, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Martin van Jaarsveld, Morne van Wyk.

Tests only Boeta Dippenaar, Gary Kirsten, Robin Peterson, Thami Tsolekile, Charl Willoughby, Monde Zondeki