Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee has been replaced by Migael Pretorius in the Proteas squad for next month’s Test series against West Indies.
Gerald Coetzee will not be available for the Proteas on their two-Test tour to West Indies. Picture: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo ImagesThe 23-year-old speedster, a key member of the squad, had been ruled out after picking up a left side strain while playing for Texas Super Kings in the Major League Cricket series in the United States earlier this month.
Pretorius has taken 188 wickets in 64 first-class matches in his eight-year top-flight career, with his most recent red-ball outings garnering 23 wickets in eight matches for Somerset in the ongoing Migael Pretorius in action for Somerset during a County Championship match in England earlier this month. Picture: Harry Trump/Getty Images
The SA team will face West Indies in the first Test in Trinidad and Tobago starting on 7 August, and the second match will be contested in Guyana from 15 August.
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