 Keith Miller was called to South Africa as emergency cover , but luckily for the Australias , there were almost two months of warm @-@ up matches before the Tests started . Johnston recovered in time for the final tour match before the Tests , a match against a South African XI , effectively a full @-@ strength Test team . Johnston took 2 / 81 in his only innings but it was enough for captain Lindsay Hassett to put him in the Test team . 
