England name Patterson-White for South Africa Tests

England named uncapped left-arm finger spinner Liam Patterson-White for the South Africa Tests on 9 November. He took 42 wickets at 25.11 in County Championship Division One and earned his first ECB development contract. Shoaib Bashir was dropped to the Lions squad. Jacob Bethell was reported as returning from a knee injury that kept him out of the Pakistan Tests.

Two days later, Bethell was ruled out of England's white ball tour of Australia and was a doubt for the South Africa Tests after a setback to his right knee. He had not played since July, when he had discomfort while scoring 91 against India at Lord's, and had surgery in September. England called up James Coles and Eddie Jack for the ODI squad. The Test series starts on 17 December.