Cricket South Africa (CSA) has recalled Jacques Rudolph to the Test squad after an absence of five years and has also named two new caps in leg-spinner Imran Tahir and bowling all-rounder Vernon Philander. The selectors have named a squad of 14 for the two-Test series against Australia, which starts at Sahara Park Newlands on November 9, with the second match at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium a week later. The squad includes batsman AB de Villiers, who is recovering from a hand fracture. He will be subjected to a fitness test before the start of the series.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2011.