Australia quick Lance Morris will miss the entire 2025-26 season, and is expected to be out of action for 12 months, after opting for the same surgery that Cameron Green underwent last year following another stress fracture in his lower back.

Cricket Australia confirmed on Sunday that the centrally contracted Morris, 27, would undergo pars stabilisation surgery in Christchurch to address an ongoing lumbar bone stress injury after being ruled out of the ODI series against South Africa . He had also been due to feature in the four-day matches on Australia A's tour of India.

After lengthy discussions between Morris, CA medical staff and the surgeons, he will follow the same path that Green took last October . Fellow Australia quick Ben Dwarshuis, India star Jasprit Bumrah, New Zealand

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