Boje gets a Test recall

South Africa recalled the left arm spinner in the squad for the first Test against Australia at Cape Town from Thursday.

South Africa on Monday recalled left arm spinner Nicky Boje in the squad for the first cricket Test against Australia at Cape Town from Thursday.

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Boje went out of the team after the second Test in Melbourne last December.

South Africa won the five match ODI series 3-2 following a sensational one-wicket victory as they made 438 for nine in reply to Australia's 434 for four in the decider at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Squad : Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis (Vice-Captain), Mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Boeta Dippenaar, AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Garnett Kruger, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Ashwell Prince, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Rudolph.