South Africa Announce Squad For 2nd Test vs Australia; Tristan Stubbs Dropped

Tristan Stubbs dropped for 2nd Test vs Australia - (Source: AFP)On Thursday, October 15, Cricket South Africa (CSA) dropped the Proteas’ squad for the 2nd Test vs Australia. The Rainbow Nation cut down their squad to 17 members from the initial 18-member list. Tony de Zorzi was not available for selection, and other than him, South Africa have named one change to their squad from the one that featured for 1st Test.Tristan Stubbs Dropped, Matthew Breetzke AddedSouth Africa have made a solitary change. Matthew Breetzke has replaced Tristan Stubbs in the team. Stubbs is struggling for runs and had a poor 1st Test as well. In the Durban Test, the DC star amassed just 33 runs across two innings.Stubbs scored 32 in the first innings, followed by 1 (12) in the 2nd innings. Meanwhile, Matthew Breetzke has not played a solitary Test since June 2025 against Zimbabwe. Overall, he has just played two Tests, but is in form in white-ball cricket.South Africa’s Updated Squad For 2nd Test vs AustraliaTemba Bavuma (capt), Marques Ackerman, David Bedingham, Matthew Breetzke, Corbin Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Anrich Nortje, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne.ALSO READCameron Green To Miss Australia vs South Africa 2nd Test: ReportMore to follow...