Smith's staggering Ashes injury revelation

Steve Smith has revealed helium played the bulk of Australia's caller Ashes run with a wounded wrist — the 1 which ruled him retired of the upcoming circuit of South Africa.

Smith was scrubbed from Australia's white-ball circuit against the Proteas owed to a torn near wrist, with Ashton Turner replacing him successful the T20 squad and Marnus Labuschagne taking his spot successful the one-day set-up.

Smith, who's present wearing a splint, is expected to instrumentality up of Australia's one-day bid successful India opening successful precocious September, during the lead-up to the 50-over World Cup.

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The erstwhile Australian Test skipper told Fox Cricket helium suffered the wounded portion fielding during the 2nd Ashes Test astatine Lord's, successful which helium compiled 110 successful Australia's archetypal excavation en way to a 43-run win.

He received attraction connected his wrist, including a cortisone injection, up of the 4th Test successful Manchester.

"I did it astatine Lord's. I don't really cognize the moment, it was erstwhile we were successful the field," Smith told Fox Cricket this week.

"It wasn't until that nighttime I was like, 'Geez, what person I done here? It's a spot sore'.

"I played the adjacent crippled and past I had a cortisone earlier Old Trafford (where the 4th Test was played).

"I got backmost (to Australia) and I was like, 'Still not rather right. I inactive can't bash a batch of things properly'.

"I had different scan. There was a tiny teardrop successful the tendon arsenic good arsenic a mates of different things."

Despite taking a 2-0 pb successful the bid done a singular triumph successful Edgbaston and a arguable triumph astatine Lord's, the Australians failed to win their archetypal Ashes bid successful the United Kingdom since 2001.

The 2-2 bid effect meant they retained the Ashes urn, having won the 2021-22 bid successful Australia, but the missed accidental has been pugnacious for them to cop, particularly the veterans nearing the ends of their careers.

"I thought we astir apt had each the tools successful the kit container to spell ever determination and win, and we weren't satisfied with drafting the bid again. Obviously we did that past time," Smith said.

"We wanted to triumph and bash 1 better, and we weren't capable to bash that.

"So wide it was a spot disappointing."

Australia volition play 3 T20s successful South Africa with the archetypal taking spot on August 30 (AEST), earlier 5 one-dayers follow.