‘Stricken Boucher an inspiration’

AB de Villiers reckons Mark Boucher can still play a key role in South Africa’s upcoming Test series in England despite a freak injury that forced him into retirement.

AB de Villiers reckons Mark Boucher can still play a key role in South Africa’s upcoming Test series in England despite a freak injury that forced him into retirement.

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De Villiers is preparing to keep wicket in Boucher’s place during next week’s first Test at The Oval. De Villiers, who will try to get is glovework going during a three-day game against Kent in Canterbury, south-east of London, starting Friday, said Boucher, with the cricket world wishing him well in his battle to save the sight in his left eye, would prove a powerful source of inspiration.

“He’s been an idol in South African cricket for many years; he’s been a rock, the guy with the guts,” the middle-order batsman said.