Smith doubtful for Test after freak accident

South African skipper Graeme Smith’s participation in the Second Test hangs in the balance after he injured his left foot on Saturday. Returning to the team hotel after a media conference, he got out of the car, which then moved slightly before stopping, with one wheel on his foot.

‘‘For that moment, Graeme’s movements was curtailed, before the driver realised and reversed the car and took it away,’’ said the team’s media manager Gerald de Kock, who was present on the spot.

Smith was taken to two city nursing homes where he underwent an X