Nortje out indefinitely after another injury, citing considerable worry about his durability and his cricket career.
Injured Nortje out indefinitely.
The “stress reaction” that South Africa’s fast bowler Anrich Nortje had will prevent him from playing for an indeterminate amount of time. Nortje did not travel to MLC 2025, where he was scheduled to play for the Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR), and he was not included in South Africa’s T20I squad for a tri-series in Zimbabwe next month. This season, Nortje has only participated in two games for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL.
Shukri Conrad, the coach of South Africa, stated that Nortje’s injury will be evaluated and that CSA does not currently know how long he will be sidelined.
The injury is the most recent in a string of setbacks for Nortje, who last participated in international cricket at the T20 World Cup in 2024 and is no longer under CSA’s core contract.
It’s unclear which formats Nortje will participate in once he’s healthy again.
“We will have to see the length of the time that he will be out and the extent of the injury. I really feel for him,” Conrad said. “He is a superstar fast bowler and having to deal with setback after setback can’t be easy. We will wait to see how serious it is.
“Naturally we are worried. In Anrich’s case this is the second or third stress reaction in his back. It is too early to make a diagnosis and we are definitely not drawing a line through this name. He is 31 years old and we are going to give him every chance to come back. We will have to see what the medical team think is the best way forward.”