Jhye Richardson lone fresh face in Oz squad for S.Africa tour

Melbourne, Jan 22 (CRICKETNMORE) - Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday picked uncapped fast bowler Jhye Richardson while recalling left-arm spinner Jon Holland to the 15-man Australia squad for the four-Test tour to South Africa, starting March 1. Holland, who played

The squad features five players with Test match experience in South Africa, with skipper Steve Smith, David Warner, Lyon and Shaun Marsh playing in 2014, while left arm paceman Pat Cummins made his debut as a teenager at the Wanderers.

The first Test starts on March 1 in Durban before matches in Port Elizabeth (March 9), Cape Town (March 22) and Johannesburg (March 30).

Meanwhile, Warner is the only member of the Test squad who will remain with the T20 unit, captaining the side in place of Smith. Smith has been given a break after scoring a mountain of runs in the Ashes.

The T20I squad boasts of some of Australia's most powerful batsmen, headlined by Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis and D'Arcy Short, the Big Bash League's leading run-scorer this summer.

Australia host the first leg of the T20I tri-series, squaring off against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on February 3 then England at Blundstone Arena and the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 7 and 10, respectively.