Moises Henriques' Big Bash League campaign looks over, and his shot at a spot in the Australian side for the summer's international short-form fixtures is in jeopardy, due to a calf injury suffered in Sydney Sixer's five-wicket loss to Melbourne Stars.
Henriques injured the calf as he attempted a run in his top score of 41 in the Sixers' total of 6-139.
The Sixers captain was forced to retire hurt and was taken from the SCG on Sunday night in a medicab.
He's injured the same left calf he hurt in the Sheffield Shield in November. That injury sidelined him for a month.
Henriques, who has played three Tests, six ODIs and four Twenty20 fixtures for Australia, also struggled with calf trouble last summer.
The 28-year-old will go for scans on the injury on Monday.
Nic Maddinson filled in as Sixers skipper in the loss to the Stars.
He said Henriques had given no indication as to how serious he felt the injury might be.
"He is a little bit disappointed, he was icing it up when I went in so I can't be sure how it is," Maddinson said after the match.
"We are feeling for him. He has just come back from a calf injury and suffered another one last year.
"It is a little bit disappointing but until we know the severity of it, it is hard to say how he is feeling."
The Stars' win, with half-centuries from Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb, was the side's first of the season from three games. Sydney's loss leaves the Sixers at 2-2.
Maxwell said it was difficult to watch his friend Henriques go down with the injury.
"Moises was hitting the ball beautifully and I really feel for him, we have been mates for a while," Maxwell said.
"He is really putting his name down for one-day contention and for him to go down, my heart breaks for him because he seems to have these setbacks nonstop.
"All I can hope is that he has a speedy recovery but it was pretty hard to watch."
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