Australian fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series amid hamstring and achilles tendon injuries.
Injuries have thwarted the right-arm quick in recent years and had forced him to watch from afar as Australia took a 2-0 series lead at the Gabba last week.
Hazlewood suffered his hamstring injury playing for NSW in November but was expected to play some part in the summer until a fresh achilles issue clouded his availability last week.
The injury prevented him from reuniting with the squad during the day-night Test in Brisbane as planned.
On Tuesday, Australia coach Andrew McDonald confirmed he would miss the remainder of the Ashes, which continue in Adelaide from next Wednesday.
"His preparation will then shift towards the (2026 T20) World Cup, which is an incredibly important campaign for us, but unfortunately Josh won't be a part of the Ashes," McDonald said.
Side and calf injuries meant Hazlewood played only two of a possible five Tests in last summer's triumphant series against India and also ruled him out of the subsequent Sri Lanka tour.
He will finish the summer having played only 10 of Australia's last 20 Test matches.
Injuries also meant Hazlewood missed four of five Ashes Tests the last time England visited in the 2021/22 summer as well as the entire 2023 tour of India.
"(It's) really flat for him," McDonald said of the latest blow.
"A couple of setbacks we didn't see coming. We thought he'd play a huge part in the series. We really feel for him that he won't get that opportunity."
Hazlewood's absence will likely mean Scott Boland, or possibly Michael Neser, keeps his spot in the XI for the third Test and beyond.
Boland has been the leading understudy for the pace-bowling cartel in recent years but Neser is coming off a five-wicket haul that helped secure victory at the Gabba.
McDonald flagged captain Pat Cummins' return from a back injury is likely to be the only change to Australia's squad for Adelaide.
Confirmation of the 15-player squad is expected on Wednesday, with batter Usman Khawaja set to feature on return from his back injury.
Despite Mitchell Starc's heavy workloads with bat and ball, Australia is expected to play a full-strength bowling attack given a chance to secure a series victory.
Players will have had nine full days off in between the end of the Gabba Test and the toss in Adelaide.
"We wouldn't be thinking about someone needing a rest there, it's probably more so in Test match four and five," McDonald said.
Nathan Lyon is expected to play a significant role in the attack after bowling only two overs in the first Test and being dropped for the second.
The veteran off-spinner has taken more Test wickets at Adelaide Oval than any other ground in world cricket.
"I'll make this a headline: We still do value spin," said McDonald, after part-timer Travis Head bowled Australia's only over of spin in Brisbane.
"That's the first game Nathan's missed in Australia for a long time. Has his impact been as great as previous seasons with the surfaces that we're playing on? Potentially not.
"(But) I think Nathan's going to have an incredibly huge impact in the last three Test matches if you look to what he did at the MCG last year.
"When the surface became benign day three onwards, he was able to navigate through a hole."
McDonald insisted there was nothing to patch up with Lyon, who told the Seven Network he was "absolutely filthy" about being dropped for the Gabba Test in favour of Neser.
"I don't think 'patch up' are the right words, that's probably a little bit of an overreaction," McDonald said.
"We just value different things in the pink-ball game and unfortunately that meant that Nathan had to squeeze (out), that's nothing to do with his skillset.
"For him to be disappointed, I understand that, I get that. I'd be disappointed if he wasn't disappointed."
