Steve Smith injured his finger when he was fielding at the first slip during the World Test Championship 2025 final against South Africa. Now that the Proteas have won, Smith himself gave an update about his injury.

Star batter Steve Smith and his dislocated finger are going with Australia to the Caribbean. Captain Pat Cummins says Smith doesn’t need surgery on the compound dislocation to his right pinkie from the World Test Championship final at Lord's.

On the third day of the pulsating contest, Smith was sent to the hospital after he suffered a compound dislocation of his right little finger while fielding in the slip cordon