Proteas suffer key injury blow ahead of Newlands Test decider

The **Proteas **have named a 16-man squad for the third and final Test against Australia, which gets underway on Tuesday, 27 October at Newlands in Cape Town.

Fast bowler Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the Test due to a mild groin injury.

He sustained the injury while bowling during the first innings of the second Test in Gqeberha on Wednesday.

Subsequent scans on Thursday revealed the extent of the injury.

No replacement has been named for Nortje.

Proteas squad – 3rd Test against Australia

Temba Bavuma (captain), Marques Ackerman, David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Gerald Coetzee, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne

Fixtures

1st Test

South Africa lost to Australia by 214 runs – Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban

2nd Test

South Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 runs – St George’s Park, Gqeberha

3rd Test – Tuesday, 27 – Saturday, 31 October at 10:30

South Africa vs Australia – Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town