 Morkel took 3-86 on his Test debut against India in December 2006 |
All-rounder Vernon Philander joins the South Africa squad on Friday to replace fast bowler Morne Morkel, who fractured his foot last week. He has little time to prepare for the start of second Test on 8 October.
Promising 22-year-old Morkel suffered the injury in bizarre fashion when he stepped on a pebble during a three-day tour match last Friday.
"Since this kind of injury takes six to eight weeks to heal, his tour is over," a South African spokesman explained.
He would probably have been called up for the five-match one-day international series, which starts in Lahore on 18 October.
After X-rays confirmed the fracture of his left foot, officials said that Morkel would return to South Africa on the first available flight.
Morkel had an impressive ICC World Twenty20 campaign, claiming nine wickets, including 4-17 against New Zealand in Durban.
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