Johannesburg, December 29: Cricket South Africa announced Keegan Peterson as the replacement for injured Aiden Markram for the second Test against England in Cape Town. The right-hand batsman is set to make his Test debut after consistently performing well in the CSA Domestic Franchise Four-Day series over an extended period of time. South Africa Pacer Vernon Philander Set to Join Somerset As Kolpak player.

The player last featured for South Africa A and smashed 111 runs against England. The 26-year-old has 88 First-Class matches under the belt with 5,490 runs, a high score of 225 not out and an average of 40.66. Markram will go under the knife early this week after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger on Day Two of the Centurion Test.

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