While Australia have been sweating on Pat Cummins' scan results, another of the country's fast bowlers, Spencer Johnson , faces an equally nervous wait this week to see if a stress fracture he suffered in the IPL has heeled enough for him to play in the upcoming BBL and push for a T20 World Cup berth.

There had been a little bit of mystery around Johnson's absence from Australia's T20I side across the last three series, especially following the retirement of Mitchell Starc from the format.

He was ruled out of the Caribbean T20I tour with a back injury and also wasn't selected for the T20I and ODI series against South Africa in August but the extent of injury was not specified until September when Australia's chair of selectors George Bailey revealed Johnson was unlikely to play until

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