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South Africa’s Skipper Graeme Smith had an unfortunate slip during his running session which has led to two torn ligaments in his ankle. Graeme Smith has been ruled out of the upcoming Sri Lanka Series that starts from the month end. South Africa had already lost Jacques Kallis due to a rehab program for his tennis elbow and had he been available, he would have been the obvious choice for getting the Skipper’s role. All this has resulted in the making of history with Ashwell Prince named as the first black skipper of the South African Test Side. Left handed middle order bat, Jacques Rudolph who was originally not selected in the squad for giving place to the uncapped off spinner Thandi Tshabalala has been named as the replacement for Graeme Smith. The extent of Smith’s injury is yet to be known and there is no news about the number of weeks he would take to get back to full fitness. The first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa starts on the 27th of this month in Colombo.
South Africa’s Revised Test Squad for Sri Lanka : Ashwell Prince (Captain), Hashim Amla, Nicky Boje, Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper), AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn, Thandi Tshabalala