Australia lost their fourth successive ODI match to South Africa and their fourth successive WC match since 2019, succumbing to a 134-run loss to South Africa on Thursday at Lucknow. A century from Quinton de Kock, his second successive WC ton and fiery spells from Kagiso Rabada and Keshav M
Australia skipper Pat Cummins confirmed that their opener Travis Head is likely to go for a scan on Thursday to get an update on his injury ahead of their clash against South Africa in the ongoing World Cup.
Australia has been forced to make a late change after all-rounder Ashton Agar got ruled out of the World Cup due to calf concerns, and experienced batter Marnus Labuschagne has been called in as his replacement
Smith sustained the injury during the Lord's Test in July, and he was sidelined for the remainder of the series before being ruled out of the white-ball tour of South Africa.
Australia are waiting to see whether Head will be fit in time to play at the World Cup as head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed after the game that the left-hander had picked up a fracture.
Explosive century from Aiden Markram and four-wicket haul by Gerald Coetzee helped South Africa secure a 111-run win over Australia in the third ODI in Potchefstroom on Tuesday.
With this win, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. Labuschagne was surprisingly left out of Australia's World Cup squad earlier this month and the experienced right-hander only got his chance to show his wares in the XI for the first ODI against the Proteas when teammate Cameron Gr
Australia named a preliminary squad of 18 players for the 50-over showcase last month, but reduced that to 15 on Wednesday with the start of this year's event in India now less than one month away.