JOHANNESBURG, Sept 17: A groin injury may cause batsman Herschelle Gibbs to miss South Africa’s coming cricket tour of Pakistan. Gibbs will undergo a tough fitness test on Friday, after which team physiotherapist Shane Jabaar and the team management will make a final decision on whether he can join the touring party.

The South Africans depart for Pakistan on Sunday for three one-day internationals and three Test matches, but Jabaar is optimistic.

“Since we’ve got five days to treat his injury, I’m fairly positive that Herschelle will be fit for the tour.”

Gibbs is also confident that he will be ready to take his place in the side. “I receive treatment daily, and I don’t believe it (the injury) will be a problem,” he said.

“It’s a strange sort of injury. I don’t even know how I sustained it,” he said.—PPI