{"id":942664,"date":"2026-10-27T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942664\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:28:09","slug":"australia-versus-south-africa-live-selection-shock-as-injury-forces-steve-smith-out-of-the-third-test-smh-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942664\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia versus South Africa LIVE: Selection shock as injury forces Steve Smith out of the third Test &#8211; SMH.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxQejJndHpNLVRzRUR1YUppZ1MxVWl0YlZtOGFFT201OUQzX1lCVUd0MlJUSVNpcHQ1R09vM0ZFUUxQZXlhWWZ3UkxyLU10bDlxQWxpU3JiWUt4cWVLWUY2VXlQRlloeTRCVEtfeFpoWF8xdmpmQzRURUcxNUNfSUJiVks1YzJ5ZkllX2pLeHNvLVR0aVVrYk1xLXFsQXpZMDFDUGd2TG9ZZjZ0b21COVB2S3hVdlVtRzhOQ3Rmb04zb0lVMHdTUHRpRm9aZWZRdWtkR1VPSnJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia versus South Africa LIVE: Selection shock as injury forces Steve Smith out of the third Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxNQjg3YWRkM3V0SHpxS3BSWHlaTHdESjNQNWtuV1c3ajlFeWxNQlE1b0d1cnpPTmFSdFhkNEN6ZDljSU5rMktrV0U2N1B4SFlJd3pVY2RlS3BtRkhkOFo1YXBTR3JjM2NVdHZ4a0dMdDZNR3F5TnFod0ZNRHB3bTdYem5uT3ZVNjdEaUE2YUEzWWE0UThrS1lzbHE2OXhnS3dxVTRhUTJSRFF1ZUVpVWFndUNvYko2WHp1bklFd2c0LXg5amhDRWx3aWRlbXhhYzVycnBqZE5BNkJham41TnRPYWs0Z2NlT0wzTTdOVU1NSjNLaU9HZlhwZTdUakZMX2ZIYm9qaWR0MA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith ruled out as Australia make four changes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;cricket.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith was set for ultimate shot at redemption&#8230; but bizarre issue brought a great\u2019s warning to life<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxQNkNOX0NhTk1GTVZ4elg2V0ZSLVQ1dDN1QjhvS1FGd09Zam5qMDM0Y0szVm1RWVJ1RVlSNW1kZlR4TW85SENPQU5DeUs0aER5dGRLQlFOb29MU2xuTllZMm51X0JNREluWGZOMHFqRWw1RWJZZEpGRnMzZUhteXNZRmRYT2U4MG9UVEdyQnV3MlM5T05KZVF2QU9mUGVhNHo5dS1yUTFvMTE3TWZWZ2dzbXZyYURtZ19Ld0pQeGJNU2FpUWY2TkhnWWQzeF9fQkxOeWpQZWZqUmR1S3hoMWptTVFkVmpuUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith\u2019s first Cape Town Test since Sandpapergate on ice after injury blow<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9wFBVV95cUxOOXRUSXlkQUFJSWVyRVhlUllvVzRWMDhXNGpuWVZyNVUtMVN5UXNJUmFnbXFIQWpUNWJsSXRlNVBzVTBsbm9PQkxXNVRvaTh3MWRiYTBKaXV5TnFITkwzUWt6VUx4RGIwdWpyZWdudzJlSkE4RFZyc2tXX1pKNzR6X0w1b2I2emNfQk9MckRFWk5XRzFqeENiTGlGRmppdnI3aldnZ0RrWHd6RlRwZzRNa2hFTGZNTkJuZ05mc2hZQnRwYUwyNjdMSjNjZ3BCY0VhcFByWW1VX09qUXBxUExVdmJ3ZjhpRXJGU09SZEV4aTZVMnNZZ29F?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smith bombshell as multiple stars axed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia versus South Africa LIVE: Selection shock as injury forces Steve Smith out of the third Test&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.auSmith ruled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-942664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}