adminDubai. — South Africa’s star batsman Hashim Amla was yesterday ruled out of the second Test cricket while paceman Dale Steyn will undergo a fitness test ahead of the second Test against Pakistan starting here today. Amla (30) last week returned home to be with his wife for the birth of couple’s second child.
South Africa’s team manager Mohammed Mossajee said Amla will not be available for the match while Steyn will undergo a fitness test after suffering a hamstring injury on Sunday.
“Unfortunately Hashim’s wife hasn’t given birth yet so he won’t be playing the second Test,” said Moosaje of Amla who hit 118 in the seven-wicket defeat in the first Test in Abu Dhabi last week.
The 30-year old Amla is ranked world number one in Test rankings.
Moosajee said scans on Steyn’s injury were not serious. — AFP.
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