Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has had an operation on his left leg after a freak training ground accident in Sydney.

He ran into a piece of training equipment on Thursday during a fielding session, cutting his shin.

Mitchell Starc required approximately 30 stitches after suffering a deep laceration to his left shin pic.twitter.com/ORqTFuIbhk

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The 26 year old was taken to hospital in an ambulance and has had 30 stitches in a deep laceration.

Team doctor John Orchard, who was watching training, accompanied Starc in the ambulance.

He later said that fortunately there were no bone fractures or tendons damaged.

Starc later tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/mstarc56/status/776389255824236544

The left-armer and Josh Hazlewood had already been rested from the upcoming ODI tour of South Africa.

Hazlewood and Starc weren’t expected to take part in the domestic one-day competition until the national squad returned from South Africa in mid-October.

Meanwhile, allrounder James Faulkner and batsman Shaun Marsh have both been ruled out of the five-match ODI series that starts on September 30.

Marsh is still recovering from a broken finger, while Faulkner tweaked his calf on Thursday. Usman Khawaja has been added to the squad as Marsh’s replacement.

“Shaun undertook a follow up x-ray and was reviewed by specialists this week. Unfortunately due to the fracture being in the joint of the finger we have decided to take a more conservative approach,” team physio David Beakley said.

“James suffered a low-grade calf strain during a fitness session in Sydney today which we expect to take three-four weeks to recover. Unfortunately this means he will also be unavailable for the South Africa series.”

-AAP and ABC