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title: "Nortje ruled out of third Test"
description: "Most outlets reported that South Africa’s pacer Anrich Nortje is ruled out of the third Test due to a groin injury sustained during the second Test. The coverage largely focused on the injury and its impact on the match. One outlet noted the injury occurred early in the second Test and mentioned the location, Gqeberha. There was no significant variation in framing across the excerpts."
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# Nortje ruled out of third Test

sports · updated 24 Oct 2026, 3:00 PM PKT · 24 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that South Africa’s pacer Anrich Nortje is ruled out of the third Test due to a groin injury sustained during the second Test. The coverage largely focused on the injury and its impact on the match. One outlet noted the injury occurred early in the second Test and mentioned the location, Gqeberha. There was no significant variation in framing across the excerpts.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [South Africa paceman Nortje ruled out of third Test](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445751/south-africa-paceman-nortje-ruled-out-of-third-test) · 24 Oct 2026, 3:00 PM PKT
  > CAPE TOWN: South African quick bowler Anrich Nortje is out of the last test against Australia after a groin injury suffered early in the comprehensive second test victory in Gqeberha this week, Cricket South Africa said on Saturday. The 32-year-old Nortje pulled up in his fourth over and played no further part in the test, which South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs on Thursday. He is the ...
- **The Express Tribune** — [Nortje ruled out of third Test](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2636672/nortje-ruled-out-of-third-test) · 24 Oct 2026, 8:48 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > South Africa’s pacer misses crucial Test against Australia with groin injury

2 articles from 2 outlets, 24 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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