Smith forced to go under knife

– Former Australian captain Steve Smith will undergo surgery for an elbow injury, Cricket Australia said on Saturday, in a move likely to have implications for his return to the international game with less than three months left on his ball-tampering ban.

Smith is currently serving a one-year ban from international cricket, Australia’s domestic Sheffield Shield and Big Bash leagues over a ball-tampering scandal during a Test in South Africa last March. –

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