Steve Smith Out Of Lord’s Test, Marnus Labuschagne Becomes First Concussion Substitute In History | Cricket News

Steve Smith, who was injured by a Jofra Archer bouncer on Saturday, has been ruled out of the last day of the second Ashes Test against England at Lord’s. Cricket Australia announced on Sunday that Smith suffered a delayed concussion response to the blow. “Steve has been closely monitored by medical staff overnight and this morning reported that after sleeping well, he woke with ‘a bit of a headache and a feeling of grogginess’,” said an Australian team spokesman. The fourth day’s play saw Archer, making his Test debut, repeatedly test Smith with the short ball. The Sussex quick then produced a 92.4 mph (148.7 kph) bouncer that hit Smith on his unprotected neck. The series is the first being played under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new concussion substitute regulations, part of the inaugural World Test Championship, which allow players who have suffered head or neck injuries to be replaced fully by a substitute, who was previously restricted to fielding alone. Marnus Labuschagne, on the field as 12th man when play resumed Sunday, became the first concussion substitute in Test history after Australia’s request was approved by match referee Ranjan Madugalle. Labuschagne can now bat or bowl in Smith’s place… Read full this story

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