ENG vs SA: Duanne Olivier ruled out of test series with hip flexor muscle tear

South Africas rightarm fast bowler Duanne Olivier on Sunday was ruled out of the upcoming threematch Test series against England due to a grade two right hip flexor muscle tearOlivier sustained the injury during South Africas fourday tour match against England Lions at The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence in Canterbury where he picked 259 in the first inningsDuanne presented with significant discomfort involving his right hip flexor muscle at the close of play on day three of the fourday tour match After clinical assessment he was referred for an MRI scan which revealed a grade 2 tear involving the right pectineus muscleDue to the extent of the injury he has been ruled out of the threematch Test series against England and will return home where he will commence his rehabilitation with the Gauteng Central Lions medical team said Dr Hashendra Ramjee Proteas team doctor in an official statementSouth Africa have chosen to not announce a replacement for Olivier on their Test tour of England Since his reentry into the Test team from the series against India in 202122 Olivier has picked 11 wickets at an average of 3363 in five matchesAlso Read Ross Taylor One of RR owners slapped me 34 timesOliviers absence is a huge blow for South Africa ahead of the first Test against England starting from August 17 at Lords The visitors are fretting over the fitness of pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada who is in a race against time to recover from an ankle injuryThe ankle injury had kept Rabada out of the third T20I against England and twomatch T20I series against Ireland South Africa are already without Test vicecaptain and righthanded batter Temba Bavuma on this tour who is recovering from an elbow injury sustained while captaining South Africa in their T20I tour of India in JuneOther seamers in the South Africa squad which captain Dean Elgar and head coach Mark Boucher can choose from are Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje who last played a Test match in June 2021 Marco Jansen Lutho Sipamla and Glenton StuurmanSouth Africa Test squad Dean Elgar captain Sarel Erwee Marco Jansen Simon Harmer Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Keegan Petersen Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton Lutho Sipamla Rassie van der Dussen Kyle Verreynne wicketkeeper Khaya Zondo and Glenton StuurmanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever