<p><strong>Boeta Dippenaar praises Jacques Rudolph – Cricket News Update</strong></p>
<p>Former South African batter, Boeta Dippenaar, has backed compatriot Jacques Rudolph to make a return to the Test side after impressive improvements to his game.</p>
<p>The duo faced each other in the Super Sports series opener, where Knights defeated Titans by six wickets. Despite inflicting a loss, Boeta was overwhelmed by Titans prolific opener, who scored commendable half-centuries in each innings.</p>
<p>He was impressed with the reinventions made by the left-hander in his game and termed him as Michael Hussey of the Proteas. Both have played for the national team previously, with the duo famously scoring a third wicket 429-run stand against Bangladesh,
back in 2003.</p>
<p>However, since then, the two have had an up and down career and failed to cement a permanent place in the side, with Boeta announcing his retirement in 2008 after being overlooked for the 2007 World Cup. However, he feel that Rudolph can still play an important
role for the Proteas outfit in the longer version of the game and backed him to earn a recall soon.</p>
<p>"He looked like a batsman that is worlds apart from the rest and that includes some national players," Dippenaar said. "The Jacques Rudolph that I played with [for South Africa] and the Jacques Rudolph that I saw last weekend are two very different players."</p>
<p>With an important series coming up against Australia, the team might be in search of a middle-order batter, which can fill the boots of injured AB de Villiers, if he does not recover from a broken finger.</p>
<p>Also with the injury suffered by their ODI skipper, the Proteas have named Hashim Amla as the leader of the team and Boeta praised the player, who scored a double hundred for Dolphins against Lions.</p>
<p>“He is one of those players that never gets tired of batting. I am always very nervous of players like that, particularly when you play against them, because if you don't get them out quickly, you will be spending a long time fielding," added Boeta.</p>
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