Siddle joins Australia's injury list, ruled out of 2nd testHOBART -- Veteran paceman Peter Siddle has been ruled out of the second test with a back injury, meaning Australia may need to make three changes to the lineup that lost the series-opening match by 177 runs to South Africa. Cricket Australia said Siddle, who was coming back from eight months out recovering from back stress fractures, had aggravated his back problems. "While we expect bowlers to be sore after test matches, this was slightly worse than we expected and given that he was returning from a significant back injury," Australia team physiotherapist David Beakley said. Joe Burns and Callum Ferguson have been added to the Australia squad as potential replacements. South Africa lost pace spearhead Dale Steyn to a right shoulder injury during the first test, ruling him out of the series.

Source: The China Post November 08, 2016 23:02 UTC