Wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Boucher [Images] will lead South Africa [Images] in the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka [Images], Cricket South Africa said on Monday.

Chairman of selectors Haroon Lorgat said Ashwell Prince [Images], who became the first coloured cricketer to lead South Africa in the preceding Test series, will remain in the 14-man ODI squad.

"With Ashwell not a certainty in our one-day side, we have asked Boucher to lead the team," Lorgat said in the CSA statement.

Graeme Smith [Images], the original skipper, was ruled out of the series after suffering an ankle injury while jogging in his native Cape Town.

Vice-captain Jacques Kallis [Images] was already out with an injury.

The tri-series, also featuring Sri Lanka and India, will be played from August 14 to 29.

South Africa squad: Mark Boucher (captain), Boeta Dippenaar, Loots Bosman, Herschelle Gibbs [Images], AB de Villiers [Images], Shaun Pollock [Images], Johan van der Wath, Robin Petersen, Andrew Hall [Images], Andre Nel [Images], Makhaya Ntini [Images], Ashwell Prince, Roger Telemachus and Thandi Tshabalala.