The 31-year-old returned from an eight-month sabbatical in October before earning selection for the Perth Test against South Africa last week.

He claimed 1-36 and 2-62 in the loss and was subsequently bagged for dropping his pace below the 130km/h mark.

Australia’s team physiotherapist David Beakley said Siddle was in pain during the match.  

“Whilst we expect bowlers to be sore after Test matches, this was slightly worse than we expected,” Beakley said.

“And given that he was returning from a significant back injury, we organised some scans today.

“The scans demonstrated some low grade bone oedema around his old stress fracture that is likely to be a flare up of his previous lower back injury.

“We are hopeful that this will resolve relatively quickly, but have withdrawn him from the squad for the second Test Match in Hobart.

“We will monitor his recovery and have a better idea of when he will return to play in the next week or so.”