"Cameron Green has sustained a back injury and will play no further part in the ODI tour of England," a Cricket Australia statement said. "Scans in London overnight revealed the injury after Green reported soreness following the third ODI against England in Durham. He will return home for further assessment where his return to play management plan will be determined."

Green has previously suffered stress fractures of the back as he was coming through the domestic system and again in 2019, the year before he made his Test debut.

"Obviously disappointing for him," Travis Head said after the Lord's ODI. "He'll go home and get things sorted. I don't know a hell of a lot of details but he's been through these things before, Cam, it's disappointing but he'll know the way to get back."

Earlier this month, head coach Andrew McDonald said the incumbent top six of Australia's Test side would, barring injury, be the players who start the series against India but whether Smith will open was up for debate.

If there was a need to bring in a player from outside that group it would open the door for the likes of Cameron Bancroft, Matt Renshaw and Marcus Harris. Renshaw was the reserve batter during the series against West Indies and New Zealand earlier this year following David Warner's retirement.

"We know with Cameron Green, he has had stress fractures in his back in the past. Let's hope it's not that," Ricky Ponting said on Sky Sports. "They still have the option of playing him as a batsman if it's not too bad."

Green had been expected to feature in at least one Sheffield Shield match in October before the start of Australia's home international season. Pakistan visit for T20Is and ODIs ahead of the Tests against India which start on November 22 in Perth.