JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Injured South Africa batsman AB de Villiers’ chances of facing Australia in the first test of the two-match series received a boost on Thursday when he received the all-clear to resume playing.
De Villiers missed the recently concluded two-match Twenty20 and three-match one-day international series against Australia because of a broken bone in his left hand.
But the stylish middle-order batsman said his doctor had told him the hand was “100 percent and ready to go”.
De Villiers, who has scored 4,741 runs in 66 tests, will play a domestic one-day game on Sunday to test out his hand.
“I have a game on Sunday. If I get through this game I will be ready for the first test match,” he told a news conference. The first test is scheduled to start on Nov. 9 in Cape Town.
