Quick bowler Gerald Coetzee has been dominated out of subsequent month’s Take a look at collection within the West Indies as a result of a left aspect pressure suffered enjoying Twenty20 cricket in the US, Cricket South Africa stated on Thursday.
He sustained the harm earlier this month and returned to South Africa for medical exams, which have dominated him out of the journey to the Caribbean.
Uncapped Migael Pretorius has been named as his substitute. The 29-year-old, who took 23 wickets for Somerset within the County Championship this yr, was beforehand referred to as as much as the check squad in December 2020 in opposition to Sri Lanka however didn’t play.
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South Africa meets West Indies within the first check at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago from Aug. 7-11 after which travels to Guyana for the second check in Georgetown from Aug. 15-19.