{"id":873915,"date":"2026-08-30T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873915\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:12:35","slug":"star-proteas-pacer-in-race-to-be-fit-for-australia-tests-icc-world-test-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873915\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Proteas pacer in race to be fit for Australia Tests | ICC World Test Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is in doubt for the much-anticipated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/world-test-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICC World Test Championship<\/a> series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Rabada picked up a hamstring injury while training with his domestic side, Lions in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Cricket South Africa (CSA) stated that Rabada was all set to miss the Australia ODIs at home, and was in a race to be fit for the Test series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kagiso Rabada is currently progressing through the early stages of his rehabilitation from a right hamstring injury under the close supervision of the Cricket South Africa medical team,&#8221; CSA was quoted as saying by Cricinfo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will miss the three-match One-Day International series against Australia, scheduled from 24-30 September. His availability for the three-match Test series against Australia will depend on how he progresses through his rehabilitation, with a decision on his selection to be made closer to the series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rabada\u2019s absence leaves a huge void in the South Africa side as they prepare to meet the team they defeated in the last WTC Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is in doubt for the much-anticipated\u00a0ICC World Test Championship series against Australia.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,95832,95830,95836,95846,95842,95845,95843,1950,95844,95841,95847,95853,95852,95833,7301,95851,95835,95834,90626,95839,95840,95849,85,95848,95850,95838,95831,95837],"class_list":["post-873915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-sports","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}