IMAGE: South Africa quick bowler Anrich Nortje is down with a lower-back harm. {Photograph}: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
South Africa’s tempo bowling duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala’s availability for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India will likely be decided this week following a health take a look at.
The duo was named in South Africa’s preliminary 15-member squad for the World Cup, however performed just one sport every within the just-concluded five-match ODI sequence in opposition to Australia.
Whereas Nortje has sustained a lower-back harm, Magala is nursing a left-knee downside.
South Africa is ready to depart for India on September 23 and remaining name on the duo’s availability will likely be taken earlier than the journey.
However going by early indication, each quicks are prone to miss the bus.
“We’re frequently taking inventory as to the place each of these gamers are,” South Africa’s white-ball coach Rob Walter was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo after the 3-2 sequence win over Australia.
“The truth that they weren’t enjoying right now with per week to go earlier than we board the airplane for the World Cup is clearly a trigger for concern. We’d have wished them on the market. There are issues round taking gamers which are injured right into a World Cup as a result of then it’s important to present a medical cause to be swapped out.”
In case each Nortje and Magala are dominated out, South Africa is prone to name up Andile Phehlukwayo within the World Cup-bound squad.
“Andile is one in all a few guys who’re a part of a broader squad and right now he confirmed us, particularly with the bat, what now we have seen when it comes to his functionality,” Walter mentioned.
“That knock, you possibly can have a look at it, and say it was match influencing. A complete of 270 seems completely different to a complete of 315 and he was a large role-player in that. He took an necessary wicket with the ball as nicely. I’m very comfortable that Andile was capable of ship that efficiency right now.”
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