South Africa are in the midst of a spin revolution. Never in the history of the Proteas have they enjoyed such high-quality options across both the red-and-white-ball formats.
Spinners are no longer viewed with suspicion, as a breed who might sometimes keep an end tight by darting the ball in on leg stump, but as men who can actually turn a game by taking wickets. The only downside is that they are almost all of the left-arm orthodox variation, alongside Simon Harmer and Prenelan Subrayen's right-arm finger spin.
For all their positive qualities, there is precious little mystery about the likes of Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy, George Linde, and the Proteas' new stand-in white-ball captain, Bjorn Fortuin.
In this modern era, especially in T20 cricket, there has to be some sort of mystique as the ball leaves the bowler's hand. And if not, the minimum requirement is a high-quality wrist-spinner.
For a decade, the Proteas were blessed with the mercurial talents of Imran Tahir, who was succeeded by Tabraiz Shamsi. But there has been nobody else since who has managed to make the ball fizz and zip through the air and off the surface, which has prompted a recall for troubled Lions leg-spinner Nqaba Peter for the upcoming white-ball tour to Namibia.
The 24-year-old has played four ODIs and 12 T20Is already, but after a few disciplinary issues lost his way for a fair bit; he is, seemingly, now back on track and ready to be given a second chance at international level.
"I think wrist-spinners are a rare breed, and they take a bit of time," Proteas coach Shukri Conrad said on Tuesday.
"He was with us when we toured Australia, played in a T20 game there. Definitely someone that we've still got our eye on going forward.
"We don't have a wrist-spinner, so to speak, and we see the value of wrist spin, especially in T20 cricket and ODI cricket. So, I think this is a great opportunity for Nqaba to get back on the horse again."
Conrad admits the competition for the spinners' berths for next year's Cricket World Cup on home soil will be hotly contested, and that he will be keeping his options wide open.
"I think we've got to obviously look at all the options available to us. There's a lot of water that still has to flow under this bridge," he said.
"Our form of late has shown that we've got some quality spinners. I hate to say the oldest statesman, but someone like Kesh obviously still leads the pack in that regard. I think he's got a few guys that are snapping at his heels to jump on as well."
South Africa men's squad for Tour of Namibia
Proteas team: Bjorn Fortuin (captain), Eathan Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen, Jordan Hermann, Rubin Hermann, Duan Jansen, Kwena Maphaka, Nqobani Mokoena, Nqaba Peter, Lhuan-dré Pretorius, Lutho Sipamla, Jason Smith, and Prenelan Subrayen.