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Injury ... Ashwell Prince could return to the South Africa Test team in place of JP Duminy. Source:AP
In a hugely ironic twist, South African batsman Ashwell Prince may have his 66-Test career resurrected by JP Duminy's tour-ending injury at the Gabba.
Prince looms as a leading contender to replace Duminy for the rest of the three-Test series after Duminy snapped his achilles tendon in a freak training accident on Friday afternoon.
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It was the former Proteas vice-captain's broken thumb which opened the door for Duminy to star in South Africa's last tour to Australia, helping them to a breakthrough 2-1 series triumph.
Now Duminy may have inadvertently returned the favour with South African selectors expected to be mulling over whether to call for Prince or fellow left-hander Dean Elgar.
South Africa A captain Faf du Plessis, 12th man for the Gabba Test, is virtually guaranteed to move into the Proteas' middle-order for the second Test in Adelaide.
Du Plessis confirmed his place as the next cab off the rank with 144 against Sri Lanka A in July, batting for a long time with Elgar who made 171 as an opener in Durban.
The uncapped Du Plessis also bowls leg-spin, making him more of a like-for-like replacement for Duminy.
Elgar, at 25, is 10 years younger than Prince but his top-order status and inexperience could cost him in comparison as Prince spent the bulk of his career in the Proteas' middle-order.
Despite a Test average of 41.64, the 35-year-old's cards appeared marked after being dropped following South Africa's upset loss to Sri Lanka in Durban 11 months ago.
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He failed in both innings, including an ill-advised reverse sweep in the first, and caused an embarrassing run-out by turning his back on partner Hashim Amla.
But Prince had his contract renewed this year with chief selector Andrew Hudson saying he was never written off.
"If Ashwell is playing well it can only benefit South Africa,'' Hudson said at the time. "He has been a great servant of the game and is still in our plans.''
Duminy, who scored a match-winning 166 against Australia in the 2008 Boxing Day Test, underwent surgery on Saturday morning but coach Gary Kirsten said a replacement had yet to be summoned.
Kirsten described the training mishap as "very unfortunate''.
"He just ran for some training runs which is a standard thing we do with the team and it was literally as benign as making a turn on a run and he snapped his achilles,'' he told ABC Radio.
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