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Smith plans to delay elbow surgery until after Oz series
Desperate to play against Australia in next month's home Tests, South African captain Graeme Smith says he is planning to put off his elbow surgery until after the series.

"It is really a matter of resting it and then finding a window of eight to 12 weeks so that I can have surgery. In the meantime we will just be treating it and keeping it manageable," the left-hander said on return from Australia.

Smith fractured his left hand and battled a chronic tennis elbow injury during the just-concluded away Test series against Australi...

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