Temba Bavuma will return to international cricket for the first time this year when he captains South Africa in a two-match WI vs SA Test series in the West Indies next month. His lengthy absence from South African teams illustrates what coach Shukri Conrad says is the reality of a modern cricketing world dominated by white-ball cricket.

"It is what it is and we just have to make it work," Conrad said at a press conference announcing a 16-man squad for the tour. White-ball and English county commitments mean that Conrad will only have eight of his 16-man squad available for a pre-tour camp in Durban next week.