{"id":33647,"date":"2025-09-22T20:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=33647"},"modified":"2025-09-22T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:27:01","slug":"de-kock-makes-dramatic-return-to-proteas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/09\/22\/de-kock-makes-dramatic-return-to-proteas\/","title":{"rendered":"De Kock makes dramatic return to Proteas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33648\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-22-at-19.52.02.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Backpagepix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Proteas skipper, Quinton de Kock, has reversed his retirement from ODI cricket and has been named in both ODI and T20I squads for South Africa&#8217;s upcoming tour of Pakistan in October, as well as the one-off T20I in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>De Kock initially stepped away from ODI&#8217;s following the 2023 Cricket World Cup. His last appearance for South Africa in limited-overs cricket came during the 2024 T20 World Cup final in the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>Proteas coach, Shukri Conrad, says he had a conversation with de Kock, during which the veteran wicketkeeper-batter expressed his renewed commitment to the national side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quinton&#8217;s return to the white-ball space is a major boost for us,&#8221; Conrad said. &#8220;When we spoke last month about his future, it was clear that he still has a strong ambition to represent his country. Everyone knows the quality he brings to the side, and having him back can only benefit the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Kock boasts an impressive international record, having scored 6,770 runs in 155 ODIs at an average of 45.74 and a strike rate of 96.64. In 92 T20Is, he has amassed 2,584 runs at a strike rate of 138.32.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The South African Men\u2019s selection panel has named the squads for the upcoming all-format tour of Pakistan as well as the one-off T20 International (T20I) against Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>The Proteas will begin their defence of the ICC World Test Championship Mace with a two-match Test series\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jOOgSpsCv\">pic.twitter.com\/0jOOgSpsCv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProteasMenCSA\/status\/1970042439223160955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by: Ntsako Mukhari\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Proteas skipper, Quinton de Kock, has reversed his retirement from ODI cricket and has been named in both ODI and T20I squads for South Africa&#8217;s upcoming tour of Pakistan in October, as well as the one-off T20I in Namibia. 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