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South Africa's Nortje eyes test return against Australia after lengthy absence

Global Published 5 October 2026, 12:40 · archived 5 Oct 2026

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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