Fast bowler Jason Gillespie's hopes of a quick recall to the Australian Test side suffered a blow when he was ruled out of a first-class match with a bruised lung.
Gillespie, dropped after a poor Ashes tour, was hit by a delivery from Australian fast bowler Brett Lee in a one-day match between South Australia and New South Wales on Sunday.
Scans showed Gillespie had sustained "deep bruising" to his right lung, Cricket Australia said on Monday, ruling him out of the four-day match between South Australia and New South Wales starting on Tuesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
He is expected to be fit for South Australia's one-day game against Queensland in Adelaide on November 4.
The first Test against West Indies starts in Brisbane on November 3.
The 30-year-old Gillespie was dropped from the Australian squad after the side returned from England, with Nathan Bracken and Stuart Clark playing the one-day series against the World XI.
Australia used spinners Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill in the Test against the World XI on a spinning SCG wicket. All rounder Shane Watson was the third seamer behind Glenn McGrath and Lee.
Gillespie's South Australia team mate Shaun Tait, who replaced him during the Ashes, had shoulder surgery this month and has been ruled out of the West Indies series.
Australia name their side for the first Test on Thursday.
