Smith is troubled by his injured quad and that too missed the first three ODIs on the tour. He is included in a long list of Australian players battling injuries.
Mitchell Starc will still have to go through a crucial net session to ensure his availability, while Travis Head is also battling a hamstring strain. Australia have called in veteran Glenn Maxwell as an additional option ahead of the opening Test.
On Sunday, the touring party got some good news, as Smith, who scored a Test century when Australia last toured the islands in 2016, was cleared for the first Test.
“If we were still playing one-day cricket, I would have touched and gone, but Test cricket would have been fine,” Smith was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press (AAP).
“Test cricket is a bit easier (on the quad). I field in the slips, I won’t do much of running around in the field. And then under these conditions, don’t race too hard.
“They usually have a few cleaners and it is often four or one. So the hard work doesn’t pile up,” he said.
Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner. Standby players: John Holland, Matthew Kuhneman, Todd Murphy.