JOHANNESBURG (South Africa): Sri Lanka and South Africa face fitness worries ahead of their second and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium here on Sunday.
The visitors had an injury nightmare during the first Test in Centurion after batsman Dhananjaya and fast bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara were all ruled out of action.
South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 45 runs.
Though the hosts’ playing eleven came through intact, coach Mark Boucher acknowledged the challenge of assessing fitness in times of coronavirus.
He hinted there could be some rotation in the pace attack.
South Africa have an expanded pool of fast bowlers as potential picks for the Wanderers, with former world number one Kagiso Rabada and left-armer Beuran Hendricks added to the squad after recovering from injury and illness.
The uncapped Glenton Stuurman, who had been expected to make his debut in the first Test, could also come into contention if he has recovered fully from a quad muscle strain.
The Wanderers is the home ground of both Rabada and Hendricks but Boucher said after the Centurion Test that he was wary of rushing bowlers back into action unless they were demonstrably match fit.
South Africa fielded one of their least experienced fast bowling attacks in many years in Centurion. Lack of recent match practice and inexperience showed in the first innings as Sri Lanka made 396, their highest total in South Africa.
