Knights batsman Keegan Petersen has been named the replacement for injured Aiden Markram ahead of the New Year’s Test against England at Newlands.
Debutant Petersen has been called up by the revamped Cricket South Africa (CSA) management after consistently good performances in Four-Day series over an extended period of time.
He capped off a fruitful season with an impressive 111 (240 balls, 12x4s) for the South Africa “A” team against England in a friendly tour match building up to the Test series.
The 26-year-old from Paarl has 88 First Class matches under the belt with 5 490 runs, a high score of 225 not out and an average of 40.66.
INJURED: Aiden Markram. Picture: Gavin Barker/BackpagePix.
Markram will go under the knife early this week after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger on Day Two of the first Test at Centurion.
Of Markram’s injury, CSA’s chief medical officer Shuaib Manjrasays: “Aiden sustained a fracture affecting the distal joint of his left ring finger.
“After consulting with a number of hand specialists, we arrived at a decision that the best outcome would be achieved through surgical reduction and fixation.
“This would mean him unfortunately missing the rest of the series against England.”
Proteas:
Faf du Plessis (captain), Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Dean Elgar, Beuran Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Pieter Malan, Keegan Petersen, Zubayr Hamza, Anrich Nortje, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rudi Second, Rassie van der Dussen.