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Steyn hopeful of comeback

Cricket story by sport.co.uk, Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:28:49 GMT



South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn is hopeful of being fit in time to feature in the second Test match against England starting in Durban on Boxing Day.

The 26-year-old paceman missed the opening Test at Centurion due to a hamstring problem and his recovery is taking longer than Steyn had hoped.

He told Cricinfo: "I think we will make an early decision this time on whether I will play, rather than wait until the morning of the game.

"I'm hopeful. I was very keen to play in Pretoria and having a few more days off has given me extra time to get it right, so I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be ready for Boxing Day.

"I just want to make sure it's 100 per cent because we have a lot of cricket to play, not just against England, but also a tour to India and hamstrings can be quite a difficult area to sort out.

"Just when you think you've got it right, it hits you again and slows you down.

"The hamstring was about 50-50 and we didn't really know whether I would make it through a long spell of bowling.

"The safe thing was to pull out rather than find I wouldn't be able to play the second and third Tests and maybe even the fourth."












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