Brendon Doggett injury Australia : The final of the World Test Championship 2025 was not good for Australia and the team captained by Pat Cummins got defeated by South Africa. This defeat demolished Australia’s hopes of winning the title for the second time in a row. Now his eyes will be on the next final, for which this team will start their campaign against the West Indies with a Test series. But before this series starts, Australia has had to change the team because a player has been out due to injury.
On Saturday 14 June, the result of the WTC Final at Lord’s, which remained against Australia. Australia has suffered another setback within less than 24 hours of this final. He has had to make a change in the squad selected for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies. Brendon Dogt, who is a reserve player in the Australian team during the WTC final, has been ruled out of the series due to injury.
According to the report of Cricket.com AU, Dogt had a minor injury to the hip, due to which he had to return to Australia. Australian selectors have selected fast bowler Sean Abbott in the team to fill their place. This is a return to Abbott to the Australian team. Earlier, he was also with the team on the tour of Sri Lanka at the beginning of the year. Abbott, who has played about 50 ODI-T20 matches for Australia, has not made a Test debut yet.
By the way, this is not the only problem in Australia. The injury to the team’s star batsman and vice-captain Steve Smith is a bigger problem for him. Smith suffered a right -handed injury during an attempt to catch a catch in the slip on the third day of the final. Since then, he could not get down on the field and now it is believed that his finger will be tied in a bandage for about 8 weeks. In such a situation, they will be available from the first match of the Test series starting from June 25, the possibility of this is less visible.