CENTURION (Reuters) - Sri Lanka are confident key batsman Kumar Sangakkara will recover from a hand injury in time for the first Test against South Africa starting on Thursday. Sangakkara, 34, split the webbing between the index and second fingers of his right hand during the Sri Lanka's weather-affected warm-up match against an SA Invitation XI in Benoni at the weekend and was unable to bat. Sri Lanka team manager Anura Tennekoon said he was confident Sangakkara, Sri Lanka's second highest all-time run-scorer with 9167 runs in 103 tests, will be able to play in the first Test at Centurion. "Sanga has split the webbing on his right hand, but it's okay, he's recovering well and, according to the medical experts, he should be fine for the first Test," Tennekoon said on Monday. Sri Lanka's fast bowling prospects are less positive, however, after Nuwan Pradeep's hamstring strain added to a run of injuries among the pacemen.