Western Province opening batter Joshua van Heerden has become the first like-for-like injury replacement under a new trial for substitutes in cricket. Van Heerden replaced Edward Moore in a provincial four-day game against Lions at Newlands in the second round of the CSA's first-class competition. Moore suffered a tear to his left adductor (inner thigh muscle) while fielding on the second day.

The trial, which is also being conducted in Australia's Sheffield Shield and India's Duleep Trophy and Ranji Trophy , is part of an ICC initiative seeking a solution for teams that lose players to serious injury during a match.

Like Australia, South Africa will consider both internal and external injuries (India are only looking at external injuries for now) and have a strict protocol for

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