Under-19 captain Wayne Parnell has been included in South Africa A's one-day squad © AFP

South Africa's selectors have called up players from their winter High Performance Programme to the national A squad for the home series against Sri Lanka A which comprises four-day and one-day matches. A late addition to the squad was CJ de Villiers, the Diamond Eagles seamer, who toured Australia for the Emerging Players tournament in Brisbane.

"Basically we wanted to give all the players in our winter High Performance Programme the chance of playing either for the South Africa Emerging Squad or for South Africa A," Joubert Strydom, who will stand down as convenor of selectors at the end of the month, said. "We did not consider the Test specialists who will be returning from England in August or our one-day specialists such as Albie Morkel, who will be going to England to join the team for their ODI series.

"The winter programme is part of the ongoing process to help bridge the gap between franchise first-class level and international cricket and to create more opportunities for our future stars to experience different playing conditions."

Sri Lanka A tour South Africa to play three four-day matches and five one-dayers starting on August 29.

South Africa A four-day squad: Ahmed Amla (Dolphins, capt), Yusuf Abdullah (Dolphins), Henry Davids (Cape Cobras), Matthew Harris (Lions), Arno Jacobs (Warriors), Heino Kuhn (Titans), Johann Louw (Dolphins), Ethy Mbhalati (Titans), Alviro Petersen (Lions), Andrew Puttick (Cape Cobras), Blake Snijman (Titans), Thandi Tshabalala (Eagles), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Warriors), CJ de Villiers (Diamond Eagles).

South Africa A one-day squad: Alviro Petersen (Lions, capt), Yusuf Abdullah (Dolphins), Gulam Bodi (Titans), Loots Bosman (Eagles), Henry Davids (Cape Cobras), Dean Elgar (Eagles), Imraan Khan (Dolphins), Heino Kuhn (Titans), Johann Louw (Dolphins), Ethy Mbhalati (Titans), Wayne Parnell (Warriors), Daryn Smit (Dolphins), Rusty Theron (Warriors), Thandi Tshabalala (Diamond Eagles), Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Lions).