Cricket: Rudolph recalled to Test squad

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 23^rd, 2011.