Ryan Rickelton of the Lions plays a lap shot in the T20 Challenge meeting with Western Province in Cape Town on Wednesday. (Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)
While most of Proteas white-ball coach Rob Walter's expected first-choice resources for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the USA and Caribbean are strutting their stuff in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), it doesn't mean there aren't any keeping busy in the backwaters of the CSA T20 Challenge.
In fact, on the whole, the national coach will be chuffed with the form shown by some of his potential bolters.
News24 Sport takes a look:
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