Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw will no be longer be available for the South Africa cricket team after the country's board announced that the national contract of Abbott has been terminated by mutual agreement with immediate effect.
Cricket South Africa is in the process of following a similar process with Rossouw.
Both players have committed themselves to take up a Kolpak contract at the start of the forthcoming England season.
Abbott announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of South Africa's second Test win against Sri Lanka in Cape Town.
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