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Cricket South Africa has named a 15-man squad led by Graeme SMith for the upcoming three-test match series against Australia. The squad has a new uncapped 24-year-old left arm swing bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe while agressive fast bowler Andre Nel misses out because of a knee injury. Left arm spinner Paul Harris, who had fractured his thumb during the Bangladesh Series has been kept in the squad with another left arm spinner Robin Peterson included as back-up until the former recovers.
The Test Series starts from the 17th of December at Perth. The 3-Test Series is followed up with 2 Twenty20Is and 5 ODIs.
South Africa Test Squad : Graeme Smith (Nashua Cape Cobras, Captain), Ashwell Prince (Chevrolet Warriors, Vice-Captain), Hashim Amla (Nashua Dolphins), Mark Boucher (Chevrolet Warriors), AB de Villiers (Nashua Titans), JP Duminy (Nashua Cape Cobras), Paul Harris (Nashua Titans), Jacques Kallis (Chevrolet Warriors), Neil McKenzie (bizhub Highveld Lions), Morne Morkel (Nashua Titans), Makhaya Ntini (Chevrolet Warriors), Robin Peterson (Chevrolet Warriors), Dale Steyn (Nashua Titans), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Chevrolet Warriors), Monde Zondeki (Nashua Cape Cobras)