BLOEMFONTEIN: Left-arm pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 24, is the only new cap in the 15-man South African squad for the three-Test series in Australia next month.

A tall swing bowler, he has taken 16 wickets for the Eastern Cape Warriors this season at an average of 18.12.

The squad includes the 11 players who completed an innings and 129-run win in the first Test against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein yesterday plus the two additional members of the squad for the Bangladesh series, Jean-Paul Duminy and Monde Zondeki.

Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson replaces fellow left-armer Paul Harris, who broke his left thumb in the first Test against Bangladesh. Peterson joined the squad for the second and final Test against Bangladesh starting on Wednesday.

The first Test against Australia starts in Perth on December 17.

The touring squad is: G Smith (capt), A Prince (vc), H Amla, M Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, P Harris, J Kallis, N McKenzie, M Morkel, M Ntini, R Peterson, D Steyn, L Tsotsobe, M Zondeki.