Boucher to lead SA in Lanka tri-series by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

MV Boucher

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DateLine: 1st August 2006

 

South African selectors on Monday named wicket-keeper Mark Boucher as captain for the limited-overs tri-series against India and hosts Sri Lanka next month.

 

Boucher will lead a 14-man squad for the August 14-29 event, replacing Ashwell Prince who is captain for the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka in place of the injured Graeme Smith.

 

Convenor of selectors Haroon Lorgat said that left-handed Prince, the first black cricketer to lead South Africa, remains part of the one-day squad.

 

“With Ashwell not a certainty in our one-day side, we have asked Boucher to captain the team. With injuries to some key players, we have an opportunity to look at others as we build towards the World Cup in the West Indies next March, " Lorgat said.

 

South Africa will be without four one-day regulars: Smith, all-rounder Jacques Kallis, batsman Justin Kemp and seamer Charl Langeveldt.

 

Squad: Mark Boucher (capt), Boeta Dippenaar, Loots Bosman, Herschelle Gibbs, A.B. de Villiers, Shaun Pollock, Johan van der Wath, Robin Petersen, Andrew Hall, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Ashwell Prince, Roger Telemachus, Thandi Tshabalala. Coach: Mickey Arthur.