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Amla to miss Australian tour

───   MORGAN PIEK 16:10 Mon, 15 Oct 2018

Amla to miss Australian tour | News Article
Hashim Amla - Cricinfo

The Proteas have been dealt a major blow with the news that the batsman, Hashim Amla, has been ruled out if the tour to Australia.


The 35-year-old player missed the recent One-Day International and T20 International series against South Africa which was played in South Africa.

With just under 5 months to go before the start of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales, the national coach Ottis Gibson feels that Reeza Hendricks and Aidan Markram can fill the void.

"We know that Quinton and Hashim have been a fantastic opening pair for the Proteas for a long time, and we also know that Reeza Hendricks and Markram have also been very good in franchise cricket. We wanted to see how they go.”

"We know where we are with those two and we know that they are both very good players."

"There are a lot of guys that will be in our thoughts when choosing that squad to Australia. Hashim is injured and out of that tour, and we've discussed that with him already.

"We're going to give him as much time as we can to get him ready for the next cricket that he has coming up, so he's not going to be considered.

"For the past 12 months, we've been looking at players and in the next couple of months.

Australia and South Africa go head-to-head in Perth on 4 November in the first ODI.

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