Duane Yansen, twin brother of South Africa's star all-rounder Marco Yansen, has been included in the South African national team for the first time. Duane has been included in the 15-member squad for the T20 and ODI series for the Namibia tour to be held this month. At the same time, South Africa has given the responsibility of captaincy to experienced spinner Bjorn Fortuin, because the team has given rest to the regular captains from this tour. Duane Yansen may get a chance to debut in international cricket in this series.
Duane Yansen gets reward for his excellent performance in domestic cricket
26 year old Duane Yansen is also an all-rounder like his brother. He is a left arm fast bowler and a useful lower order batsman. He has made his place in the South African team by performing brilliantly in the 2025/26 season of domestic cricket. Duan was chosen 'Division 1 ODI Cup Player of the Year' in the domestic ODI Cup. He played an important role in helping the Titans team win the trophy and played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 61 runs against the Lions in the CSA Provincial ODI Challenge final.
Duan Jansen, the twin brother of Marco, has been picked in the South African squad for the first time.
Duan will be in contention to make his debut in the T20Is and ODIs during the Namibia tour. pic.twitter.com/44I3QRcajQ
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) August 11, 2026
Duan has good experience in domestic T20 and List-A matches.
Duane Yansen has a long and illustrious experience in domestic cricket. He has played 29 first-class, 35 List-A and 57 T20 matches in his career so far. His performance in the limit format has been excellent. He has taken 45 wickets in List-A matches and 64 wickets in T20 cricket. Due to his consistently good performance in domestic cricket, he was also seen playing in many big leagues. Duane Yansen has played for Joburg Super Kings in South Africa's prestigious tournament SA20 League. Whereas Duane Yansen has been a part of Mumbai Indians in the world's biggest cricket league IPL.
Marco and Duane created history
Marco Jansen and Duane Jansen have become the first twin brothers in cricket history to have played in both the IPL (IPL 2023) and South Africa's SA20 League. Marco has already made his mark in international cricket. Now his brother Duane also has a golden opportunity to leave his mark at the international level.
Full schedule of Namibia tour
South African team will play T20I tri-series on Namibia tour. This tri-series will be played between South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. After this, a bilateral series of 3 ODI matches will be played between Namibia and South Africa. Let us tell you that this will be the first bilateral ODI series in history between the two neighboring countries. All the matches of the ODI series will be played at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek. The South African team will leave for Windhoek, Namibia on 25 August.
🚨Squad Announcement🚨
The South African Men's selection panel has today announced the 15-player squad for the white-ball tour to Namibia later this month.
DP World Lions spinner Bjorn Fortuin will captain the side as the Proteas take on Namibia and Zimbabwe in a T20… pic.twitter.com/vsFeT1Vp84
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) August 11, 2026
South Africa, Namibia Zimbabwe T20 International Tri-Series Schedule
28 August: Namibia vs South Africa
29 August: South Africa vs Zimbabwe
1 September: Zimbabwe vs South Africa
4 September: Namibia vs South Africa
6 September: Final match
Historic ODI Series
9 September: 1st ODI
11 September: 2nd ODI
13 September: 3rd ODI
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