- Surgery scheduled for Tuesday
- Smith set to be in a brace for six weeks
Steve Smith will undergo elbow surgery on Tuesday following a fielding mishap, almost certainly ruining the suspended star’s hopes of an international comeback in March. Smith, set to be in a brace for six weeks following the operation, is on track to be fully fit long before Australia start their World Cup defence on 1 June. Australia’s sacked skipper, currently serving a 12-month ban for his role in the Cape Town cheating scandal, is upbeat he will be cleared to return in the early stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL). But the prospect of Smith returning for Australia during an ODI series against Pakistan in late March, which had been floated by national coach Justin Langer and Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive Kevin Roberts, is over barring a miraculous recovery. “Return to play timeframes will be clearer once the brace has been removed,” a CA spokesperson said.
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