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Two uncapped spinners will form part of South Africas attack on their three Test tour to Australia in November. Chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamsi, who has enjoyed early success in ODIs, and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj have been included in the 16-man squad. They come in at the expense of offspinner Dane Piedt, who had played both home Tests against New Zealand and three of the four Tests against England last summer, and seemed to be establishing himself as first choice.The pace pack has fewer surprises with Morne Morkel returning, subject to coming through a first-class match starting on Tuesday. Morkel sat out the New Zealand Tests and Australia ODIs with a back problem and has since made a come back in club cricket. He forms part of a five-man seam attack with Kyle Abbott, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander.Faf du Plessis will captain in place of the injured AB de Villiers while in-form Rilee Rossouw - who is yet to win a Test cap - has been added as batting cover in place of Stiaan van Zyl. Dane Vilas will travel as the reserve gloveman. Dean Elgar, who sustained an ankle injury ahead of the second Test against New Zealand, has been in action for the Titans and will take his place at the top of the order. With allrounders Chris Morris and Wayne Parnell nursing knee and rib injuries respectively, South Africa are without an allrounder apart from JP Duminy, who has been earmarked to play a role with the ball as well.Basically, we are following a horses for courses policy as we feel that spinners who turn the ball away from the right-hander are going to be particularly useful in Australian conditions and against the Test batsmen we are likely to face, Linda Zondi, South Africas convener of selectors, said. I am excited about the cover we have in this area with a wrist spinner and a left-arm orthodox spinner, with JP Duminy able to offer the right-arm variety as well.Still, the inclusion of two rookie spinners is a bold move from South Africa, and seems to come as a consequence of Piedts wickets costing too much. He was South Africas third-highest wicket-taker in the England series, with 10 scalps at 45.50, and he was South Africa As joint-highest wicket-taker in their two unofficial Tests against Australia A but his six wickets came at an average of 43.66. Piedt had a good first-class run last summer, finishing third on the overall wicket-takers list, behind Shamsi and in front of Maharaj.Shamsi was joint-second with 41 wickets at 16.07 while Maharaj was joint-fifth, with 36 wickets at 32.00. While Shamsi has not played a first-class match since April, and his time with the South African ODI squad means he will not feature for the Titans before the Australia tour, Maharaj has started this season with great success. He took a career-best 13 for 157 to bowl the Dolphins to victory over the Warriors in the opening round of the first-class competition.Half of South Africas Test squad will not have had long-format game time ahead of the tour as they finish the ODI series but Cook, Elgar, Temba Bavuma, Vernon Philander, Vilas, Dean Elgar, Morkel and Maharaj will all have at least one domestic match under their belts before the squad travels. Cook and Bavuma scored an unbeaten 97 and 76 respectively for the Lions in their win over the Cobras. Vilas and Philander played in the same match, without much success. Elgar scored 33 and 1 for the Titans against the Knights and Morkel will play for the Titans in their fixture this week.South Africa will also have two warm-up matches in Australia - one ahead of the series and another between the second and third Tests. The final fixture is a day-night match at the Adelaide Oval, in which de Villiers is holding out faint hope of being able to participate in. 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The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. Making his first appearance since injuring his wrist a month ago, Del Potro had difficulty with his service games in the first set. Custom Marquise Brown Jersey . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. PHILADELPHIA -- Jeff Monken starts his third season at Army with one goal in mind -- win the opener just like he did as rookie head coach of the Black Knights.It promises to be a difficult task -- the foe is Temple, and the Owls will be playing at home Friday night.What theyve done and what theyve built there is not just build a good team, but build a good program, Monken said about the Owls, who finished 10-4 last year and were ranked. It will be a challenge for us, but our team has really worked hard this preseason camp.Army finished last season 2-10, the finale against Navy a heartbreaking 21-17 setback. Lost in the emotion of the moment was that Army quarterback Chris Carter was a freshman making only his second career start leading the complicated triple option. And he nearly led the Black Knights to victory against a heavily favored Navy team led by record-setting senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds.Carter returns along with junior Ahmad Bradshaw, the starter in 2015 before injuries sent him to the sidelines. Monken, who guided Army past Buffalo in his first game at West Point, has tabbed Bradshaw as the starter again, but its likely both will play. The goal is to have 1,000 yards rushing from the quarterback position.Theyre tough, theyre physical. Theyre a team that wants to wear on you, keep coming at you, Temple defensive lineman Haason Reddick said.Seven of Armys nine losses last year were by 30 points combined, which means with 16 returning starters the Black Knights should be ready for a breakthrough victory or two.Were playing a scary opponent in Army, Rhule said. We know just how competitive he (Monken) is. Hes going to find a way to win.Other things to know when Temple hosts Army at Lincoln Financial Field:RUN TO SOMEWHEREThe Black Knights outgained opponents 2,931-1,982 last season, but their per-game average was just 244.3 and their 4.8-yard average per run was barely better than their opponents (4.5).Monken sees improvement heading into the opener.From a schematicc standpoint, were doing a much better job of blocking for the run.ddddddddddddWe should be able to do that, Monken said. Overall, were doing a great job blocking on the perimeter, blocking inside and were doing a better job at getting to the second level with our offensive linemen. I hope that will improve our running game.WEIGHING INTemple has 10 offensive linemen and two on the defensive front that weigh over 300 pounds, so Army expects to do a lot of rotating to keep players fresh.When youre facing a lot of guys that are 320 and 300 pounds, youre not going to bull rush anybody and knock them back, Monken said. You have to create other ways to do that.DEFENSE MATURESArmy, which was forced to start two freshmen on defense last season, has some experience to count on this time with nine returning starters. Senior linebackers and captains Jeremy Timpf and Andrew King tied for the team lead in tackles with 92 in 2015. King also had 4 1/2 of Armys 15 sacks, while defensive Brandon Jackson had 50 tackles and three picks as one of those two freshman starters.The 3-4 defense is something we dont see, Rhule said. They do love to blitz. It will be imperative to us to not have negative plays, to stay on the field and keep that dangerous option off.NO QB SHUFFLESenior quarterback Phillip Walker has thrown for over 7,300 yards and ran for 833 yards in his Temple career. He threw for 2,972 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2015, while senior running back Jahad Thomas is back for another season after gaining 1,262 yards rushing and scoring 17 TDs on the ground, the first scores of his career.THE SERIESTemple has won the last six meetings in the series, and the Owls have a 3-1 mark against the Black Knights at home. The last time the teams opened a season was in 2008 with the Owls winning at West Point 31-7.---Online: AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '

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