{"id":693,"date":"2026-10-16T06:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-2nd-test-against-south-africa-in-gqeberha\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:59:29","slug":"cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-2nd-test-against-south-africa-in-gqeberha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-2nd-test-against-south-africa-in-gqeberha\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Green unlikely to play 2nd Test against South Africa in Gqeberha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-modified-info\">Last Updated on 22 minutes ago by <a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/news-cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-2nd-test-against-south-africa-in-gqeberha\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"last-modified-author\">Charbel Coorey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cameron Green is likely to miss the second Test against South Africa. He missed the first due to an abdominal strain he picked up in the third and final ODI in Potchefstroom on September 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green was seen working on his fitness at Durban. However, he only returned to the nets yesterday (Thursday) and faced gentle throwdowns, before partaking in slip catching and a fitness session on the Gqeberha outfield.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cMaybe looking for the third Test\u201d \u2013 Assistant coach Matthew Wade<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant coach Matthew Wade said the third Test in Cape Town is a more realistic timeframe for Green\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s here today. I\u2019m not sure of his program, but he\u2019ll be hitting over the next week and he started to get moving last Test,\u201d Wade said, as quoted by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricinfo.com\/story\/aus-vs-sa-2nd-test-cameron-green-in-doubt-for-gqeberha-test-1558574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cricinfo<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI think maybe more looking for the third Test, but he\u2019s starting to get moving, which is a positive sign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should Green miss the Test, Australia may opt to keep the same XI that won convincingly in Durban. Nic Maddinson hit 48 as opener in the second innings, while Matt Renshaw produced the <a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/news-matt-renshaw-hits-272-runs-dream-test-match-durban-2026\/\">performance of his life<\/a> at number five. However, there is the option of Josh Inglis, who faced Scott Boland and Michael Neser at full tilt in the centre-wicket net.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019ll [Inglis] start to push for this Test,\u201d Wade said. \u201cWhether his finger is 100% right for this Test, I\u2019m not sure, but he\u2019s looking to put himself on the frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Inglis plays, it will likely be for Beau Webster. But, Webster\u2019s seam bowling could come in handy with <a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/news-gqeberha-port-elizabeth-weather-forecast-for-2nd-sa-vs-aus-test-2026\/\">rain forecast on the first two days<\/a> and cool conditions expected for the entire match.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/news-cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-2nd-test-against-south-africa-in-gqeberha\/\">Cameron Green unlikely to play 2nd Test against South Africa in Gqeberha<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cricblog.net\/\">CricBlog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated on 22 minutes ago by Charbel Coorey Cameron Green is likely to miss the second Test against South Africa. He missed the first due to an abdominal strain he picked up in the third and final ODI in Potchefstroom on September 30. Green was seen working on his fitness at Durban. However, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}