Friday 14 November 2014 11:01, UK
Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is in a race to be fit for the Test series against India after being ruled out of Australia's one-day series against South Africa.
Haddin has been replaced by Matthew Wade in the squad after hurting his shoulder during Australia's 2-0 Test series loss to Pakistan.
Physio Alex Kountouris said that despite Haddin responding well to treatment, he was unable to return to training to prove his fitness for the series against the Proteas.
"Brad has had a further assessment of his right shoulder by Cricket Australia Chief Medical Officer Dr John Orchard which confirmed an AC joint injury," Kountouris said.
"He has improved and responded to treatment since returning from the UAE but has not recovered sufficiently to return to training. Therefore he has been declared unfit for the remainder of ODI series against South Africa. While Brad will miss the ODI series the CA medical team is still hopeful that he will recover in time for the first Test against India."
Australia coach Darren Lehmann said Haddin would need to play "some cricket" before the first Test starts in Brisbane on December 4 to be considered.
"There's a (Sheffield) Shield game before the first Test, so if he misses all the one-dayers then he would probably have to play that I would think," Lehmann told Brisbane radio station 4BC.
Australia paceman Peter Siddle backed Haddin to be fit.
"I'm 99.9 per cent sure he won't miss," he said. "We won't have to worry about who's going to keep. You'll just be looking at him."
After the Brisbane Test, Australia play India in Adelaide (Dec 12-16), Melbourne (Dec 26-30) and Sydney (Jan 3-7).
Watch the whole of the Australia v India Test series live on Sky Sports.
