{"id":929533,"date":"2026-10-15T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929533\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:06:12","slug":"cricket-news-2026-australia-team-for-second-test-against-south-africa-as-cameron-green-ruled-out-scott-boland-firms-for-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929533\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket news 2026, Australia team for second Test against South Africa as Cameron Green ruled out, Scott Boland firms for selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Green<\/a> won\u2019t play the second Test against South Africa<\/a> as he continues to recover from an abdominal strain.<\/p>\n

Australian journalists travelling with the team report assistant coach Matthew Wade<\/a> basically confirmed as much during a training session overnight.<\/p>\n

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Scott Boland (right) could play the second Test.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Green is still expected to be fit for the third Test in Cape Town, but won\u2019t take the field in Gqeberha starting Sunday after he was injured playing a one-day international last month.<\/p>\n

It alleviates one headache facing selectors, who had been pondering which player would make way for the tall all-rounder. Cricket legend Mark Taylor told nine.com.au he expected either Nic Maddinson or Beau Webster to drop out<\/a> if Green returned.<\/p>\n

It means they could trot out the same side that won by 214 runs in Durban<\/a>, although reports suggest back-up fast bowler Scott Boland is firming for a stunning selection for the second match.<\/p>\n

Middle-order batter Josh Inglis has also reportedly recovered from a finger injury and could come into calculations, although it\u2019s unlikely he would unseat any of the incumbents.<\/p>\n

For veteran quick Boland, it is unclear where he would slot into the side and who would go out.<\/p>\n

Webster struggled to make an impact in the first Test, but he provides much more with the bat than Boland does, while Josh Hazlewood won\u2019t be dropped after taking career-best figures against the Proteas just days ago.<\/p>\n

It leaves left-arm quick Mitchell Starc or off-spin bowler Nathan Lyon in the gun if Boland is to get a start.<\/p>\n

Australia has just kicked off a hectic 18-month Test schedule and selectors have previously flagged a rotation policy of sorts, meaning Boland will have a role to play when other bowlers need a rest.<\/p>\n

South Africa, meantime, has swung the axe in response to its loss in the series opener.<\/p>\n

Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne have been axed after poor batting displays, with Verreynne\u2019s wicketkeeping duties to be taken by Ryan Rickelton in the second Test.<\/p>\n

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Kagiso Rabada will strike fear into the Aussie batters if he plays.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The Proteas are hoping superstar fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is fit for selection and he would come straight in and spearhead the attack against Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to sound like an excuse, but when your Rolls-Royce of fast bowlers is not available, and you\u2019ve got to fashion an attack \u2026 Hopefully, our Rolls-Royce will be purring down the highway,\u201d South African coach Shukri Conrad said overnight of Rabada.<\/p>\n

Rabada is South Africa\u2019s best bowler and boasts a Test average of 22.03, which drops to an impressive 21.39 in 11 matches against Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Green won\u2019t play the second Test against South Africa as he continues to recover from an abdominal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-929533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929533","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=929533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}