WTC Final: Daniel Vettori provides update on Steve Smith's injury; Aussie batter taken to hospital

Australia cricketer Steve Smith's information successful the upcoming West Indies Test circuit is uncertain aft helium suffered a compound dislocation of his digit during the World Test Championship last astatine Lord's connected time three, pursuing a dropped drawback disconnected South African skipper Temba Bavuma's edge.Smith was instantly taken to the hospital aft the wounded occurred portion fielding astatine gaffe position, wherever helium was lasting person than accustomed owed to the dilatory quality of the Lord's transportation and wearing a helmet.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The dropped drawback came disconnected Mitchell Starc's bowling erstwhile Bavuma was connected 2 runs, with the South African skipper going connected to people 65 much runs by the extremity of play, partnering with Aiden Markram who remained unbeaten connected 102.The wounded occurred erstwhile Smith attempted to drawback an edge, resulting successful a achy stroke to his close small digit that caused him to instantly permission the tract grimacing.

The 36-year-old was archetypal assessed successful the Lord's aesculapian rooms earlier being transported to infirmary for X-rays and further treatment.Medical experts bespeak that a compound dislocation, wherever bony breaks done the skin, mightiness necessitate country and extended rehabilitation.

"He ne'er made (it to) america (in) the dressing room, the doc and physio got him and took him into the abstracted country to woody with it," said Assistant manager Daniel Vettori. "So we weren't truly up to velocity successful presumption of however gruesome the wounded was, we conscionable heard that determination was a fearfulness of the compound fracture oregon dislocation oregon thing of that nature. There weren't excessively galore radical moving to the physio country to spell and person a look. We'll conscionable hold and spot what comes backmost aft helium gets backmost from hospital."

The imaginable lack of Smith for the three-Test bid against the West Indies, starting June 25 successful Barbados, would beryllium important arsenic helium has scored 4 centuries successful his past six Tests.The West Indies circuit includes 3 Test matches, with the archetypal lucifer scheduled successful Barbados, followed by games successful Grenada and Jamaica.