
Tourists riddled by injuries
England are blighted by injuries as they head into Tuesday's one-day contest against South Africa A in Potchefstroom.
Stuart Broad damaged his bowling shoulder fielding in one of the initial warm-up matches and was not deemed ready for a return to action today despite several injections in the joint - but the management have not given up on him featuring in Friday's opening one-day international.
James Anderson played in the crushing 84-run Twenty20 defeat to the South Africans on Sunday despite not being 100% fit due to recurring discomfort in his right knee.
Graeme Swann has damage to an intercostal muscle which means Adil Rashid has been temporarily elevated to the role of main spinner at the age of 21 - however, the off-spinner should be available when the five-match series gets under way.
Paul Collingwood is suffering from a return of a long-standing injury - lower back stiffness - that prevented him leading the side in the second of the two 20-over contests and England have opted for the precautionary route by resting him.
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