Sydney, Dec 8 : Injured spinner Jason Krejza and all-rounder Shane Watson have been recalled to Australia’s 12-man squad for next week’s first Test against South Africa beginning in Perth.
Off-spinner Krejza has been selected subject to fitness after missing the second Test win over New Zealand in Adelaide due to an ankle injury, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The 25-year-old hasn’t played a Test since taking 12 wickets on his debut in the final Test against India in Nagpur last month. Watson edged him out in the opening match of the NZ series in Brisbane.
Sydney, Dec. 6 : Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza has failed a fitness test for Tasmania, putting a cloud over his chances of playing in the Perth Test against South Africa.
Krejza avoided the media as he hurried off the Bellerive Oval this morning after failing the test, telling team management to tell reporters he had gone home as he left the field for treatment and to re-fit an ankle brace.
Australia''s first Test against South Africa in Perth is less than two weeks away, starting on December 17.
Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.
Krejza, who took 12 wickets in his debut Test against India in Ngapur last month was quoted by The Age as saying: "That is something I have obviously been looking at and I''m hoping to bring that weakness out if I get that opportunity."
Melbourne, Nov. 12 : Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza, who snared 12 wickets in his debut Test in Nagpur, should be used as a spinning strike weapon like Stuart MacGill, says team mate and opener Mathew Hayden.
“Even though it did turn for (Krejza in Nagpur), he was going for a lot of runs and (Virender) Sehwag is a magnificent player of spin and put him under a lot of pressure, and he got eight and four (wickets in each innings),'''' the opener said.
Sydney, Dec. 6 : Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza has failed a fitness test for Tasmania, putting a cloud over his chances of playing in the Perth Test against South Africa.
Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.
