Aiden Markram ruled out of England Test series

South Africa's opening batsman, Aiden Markram, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England.

Aiden Markram is scheduled for surgery early next week.

South Africa's opening batsman, Aiden Markram, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger. The injury will require surgery and will rule him out of the game for at least six weeks, a statement by Cricket South Africa confirmed.

"He is scheduled for surgery early next week," CSA said in the statement.

The injury took place during the second day of the Test match which is currently underway at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Cricket South Africa Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shuaib Manjra said: “Aiden sustained a fracture affecting the distal joint of his left ring finger.  After consulting with a number of hand specialists yesterday we arrived at a decision that the best outcome would be achieved through surgical reduction and fixation.

This would mean him unfortunately missing the rest of the series against England. We feel for Aiden who worked extremely hard to come through his previous hand fracture sustained in India to be Test match ready.”