All rounder Jacques Kallis [ Images ] could fly home from South Africa's [ Images ] tour of Australia [ Images ] to receive treatment on an elbow injury, captain Graeme Smith [ Images ] said on Tuesday.

Kallis was a late withdrawal from South Africa's side for their triangular series one-day match against Sri Lanka [ Images ] in Brisbane [ Images ] on Tuesday after suffering a recurrence of the injury that has plagued him all tour.

"He had a re-scan today and it doesn't look good," Smith told reporters in Brisbane after the 94-run loss to Sri Lanka. "It would pretty much look like he's going home."

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Smith said a decision on whether Kallis returned home would be made on Wednesday. South Africa play Australia in the next match of the series on Friday at Melbourne's [ Images ] Docklands Stadium.

Kallis missed the first Test against Australia in Perth last month because of the injury although he played the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney [ Images ].