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South Africa's Nortje eyes test return against Australia after lengthy absence
DURBAN: South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje could make a remarkable return to first-class cricket after an absence of almost four years to help an injury-hampered South Africa attack in the first test against Australia, which starts in Durban on Friday. With fitness doubts over pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada and three other bowlers ruled out with hamstring injuries, Nortje is set to return to red-ball cricket for the first time since South Africa’s test victory over West Indies in March 2023. That match, in which he took 5-36 in the first innings, was Nortje’s last first-class appearance. A...
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