Seamers Gerald Coetzee and Nandre Burger will make their return to international cricket after eight and 11 months respectively in South Africa's T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe next month. Coetzee was sidelined by a hamstring and then a groin injury over the home summer while Burger has been out with a lower back stress fracture.

Devon Conway has been omitted from new Black Caps head coach Rob Walter’s first squad, which will play a Twenty20 tri-series with Zimbabwe and South Africa next month.