ITCHING TO PLAY

MULDER: FRUSTRATING TO WATCH FROM THE SIDELINE

- Ross Roche

All-rounder Wiaan Mulder is back and raring to go as the Proteas target a series sweep over Pakistan, when the second and final Test gets underway at Newlands in Cape Town tomorrow morning.

Mulder has been in decent form for the Proteas this year, but has been out of action for the past month after he fractured his finger in the first Test against Sri Lanka towards the end of November, which ruled him out of the second Test and the white ball series against Pakistan.

He was offered up by the Proteas for their New Year's Day press conference yesterday, which suggests that he will be back in the starting XI, although he claims he doesn't know yet, but is fired up to get back on the field as soon as possible.