The Australia cricket team has suffered a major setback, veteran batsman Steve Smith (Steve Smith) The World Test Championship final against South Africa played against South Africa at the Lord’s Stadium in London has been out of the remaining game of 2025. Apart from this, he is also finding it difficult to play in the three -Test series against the West Indies. The first match of this series will be played in Barbados from 25 June.
During the third day’s game, South African captain Temba Bavuma suffered an injury to Smith’s junk finger. After this, Smith went out of the ground groaning with pain and then taken to the hospital.
When Smith left Bavuma’s catch, he was on 2 runs and remained unbeaten on 65 runs at the end of the third day. Let me tell you that Bavuma was also fingering with the problem of hamstring during his innings and he was having trouble running.
In the first innings of this match, Smith scored 66 runs in 112 balls while batting brilliantly, while in the second innings, he got only 13 runs with his bat.
Significantly, by the end of the third day’s play, South Africa has scored 213 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings and 69 runs away from the victory. Apart from Markram, captain Temba Bavuma remained unbeaten after scoring 65 runs. The two have shared a 143 -run partnership for the third wicket.
During the third day’s game, Australia’s team was all out for 213 in the second innings and set a target of 282 runs in front of South Africa due to a 74 -run lead in the first innings.
