Nicky Boje won't need to worry about being interrogated by the Delhi police. He has been left out of South Africa's squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, in India in October-November.
While Boje failed to find a place, Herschelle Gibbs was included in the 14-member squad, announced by the South African selectors on Thursday.
The biennial event is to be played from October 7 to November 5.
The names of Gibbs and Boje were mentioned in the course of the match-fixing investigation by the Delhi police, who busted the scandal in 2000 after tapping phone conversations of late South African captain Hansie Cronje.
Both the players, who twice refused to visit India fearing arrest, were keen to tour this time and had agreed to meet the investigating authorities with their lawyers.
Robin Petersen is the lone specialist spinner in the squad that will see the return of Graeme Smith as captain.
"With several of our key players needing to pass fitness tests before they can be considered for selection, we had little choice but to select a larger than usual squad," selectors' convenor Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.
Smith, vice-captain Jacques Kallis, pacer Charl Langeveldt and all-rounder Justin Kemp, who all missed out on tour of Sri Lanka last month due to injuries, have been included.
Except for Smith, the other three will have to clear a fitness test on September 12.
The South Africans will play a three-match one-day series against Zimbabwe that will serve as a tune-up to the 10-nation event.
"We will be using the games against Zimbabwe and the ICC Champions Trophy as preparation for the ICC World Cup and to settle on our final combinations," Lorgat said.
The squad: Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis, Loots Bosman, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock and Robin Petersen.
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