(Reuters) - Australia test captain Tim Paine has backed Steve Smith's call to skip the Twenty20 World Cup if necessary to completely recover from an elbow injury for the team's Ashes defence against arch-rivals England starting in December.
Former captain Smith, Australia's batting mainstay, was ruled out of the team's limited-overs tour of the West Indies and Bangladesh with a left elbow injury and said last week that the five-test Ashes series is his primary focus.
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