Morkel sports nasty bruise

David Brooke

Cape Town - Afghanistan will be advised to be well and truly padded up when they face a fired up Proteas bowling attack in their ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies on Wednesday.

The match is scheduled to start at 23:00 SA time.

In a picture which will send shivers down the Afghans’ spines, Proteas all-rounder Albie Morkel nurses a bruised leg after bearing the brunt of a Dale Steyn express delivery during a nets session in Barbados.

South Africa need to win or draw the match to progress to the Super Eights - and it seems the Proteas speedster is up for the task.

Squads:

South Africa (from):
Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Kallis, Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Juan Theron, Roelof van der Merwe

Afghanistan (from):
Nawroz Mangal (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Rais Ahmadzai, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Mohammad Shahzad, Hamid Hassan, Samiullah Shinwari, Noor Ali, Asghar Stanikzai, Shahpoor Zadran, Shabir Noori, Sayed Nasrat, Shafiq Shafaq
 

Ouch! (File)