Cricket-Australia dealt injury blow as Inglis returns home with finger fracture

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Sept 26 (Reuters) - ⁠Australia wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis has ⁠been ruled out of the ‌final two one-day internationals against South Africa with a fracture to his right ​index finger, officials ⁠confirmed on Saturday.

• The ⁠31-year-old injured his finger while keeping ⁠wicket ‌in South Africa’s 67-run win in the first ⁠ODI played in Durban on ​Thursday.

• No replacement ‌in the ODI squad has ⁠been ​named, with Alex Carey expected to don the gloves in the ⁠second fixture in the ​series in Johannesburg on Sunday.

• Inglis is now in a race to ⁠be fit for the three-match Test series in South Africa that starts on October 9.

• Cricket Australia ​confirmed Inglis would ⁠return to Perth for treatment, "with ​his availability for ‌the three-match Test series ​subject to further assessment and progress".

(Reporting by Nick Said)