Cameron Inexperienced will miss Australia’s complete five-Check collection towards India after opting to bear surgical procedure on a stress fracture in his again.
Cricket Australia confirmed the all-rounder would wish about six months to get better from this week’s process, that means he will even miss the Check tour of Sri Lanka that begins in January.
Scans revealed a “distinctive defect” in an space adjoining to the fracture, which was identified after Inexperienced reported again ache through the latest white-ball tour of the UK.
The all-rounder’s absence is a giant blow to an Australian aspect that has misplaced its previous two residence Check collection towards India and leaves selectors to reconfigure the batting line-up.
Any one in all opening batters Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Harris or Cameron Bancroft might come into the aspect if Australia determine to push Steve Smith down the order to interchange Inexperienced at quantity 4.
Alternatively, uncapped Aaron Hardie or Beau Webster are like-for-like choices if Australia need to usher in an all-rounder, though Hardie is recovering from a quadriceps harm of his personal.
AAP