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Fast bowler Marchant de Lange out of South Africa tour
South Africa fast bowler Marchant de Lange has been forced out of the cricket tour of England by a lower back stress fracture. He's been replaced by allrounder Albie Morkel.
Canterbury, England:
South Africa fast bowler Marchant de Lange has been forced out of the cricket tour of England by a lower back stress fracture. He's been replaced by allrounder Albie Morkel.
De Lange didn't get to play on tour as his back pain worsened this week, prompting a bone scan.
He will require at least six weeks of rehabilitation, team physio Brandon Jackson said in a statement on Friday.
Morkel, who played his only test in 2009 against Australia, recently played for Somerset in the English Twenty20 competition, and was to join the Proteas on Friday.
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