CAPE TOWN, Sept ⁠18 (Reuters) - South Africa have suffered another injury ⁠blow to their bowling attack as they ‌prepare to face Australia in a three-match One Day International series, starting next week, with Lungi Ngidi ruled ​out of the fixtures.

Ngidi picked up ⁠a right hamstring ⁠injury during a domestic first-class game this week ⁠and will ‌miss the series, Cricket South Africa said.

"Following scans conducted on Wednesday, he ⁠will undergo a period of rehabilitation," it ​added in ‌a statement on Friday.

Kagiso Rabada and Ottneil ⁠Baartman had ​already been ruled out of the series because of hamstring injuries in a blow to the ⁠home team.

The 20-year-old seamer Nqobani ​Mokoena, who made his ODI debut against Namibia last week, had been called up as Ngidi's ⁠replacement.

Gerald Coetzee won a recall to South Africa's ODI squad for the first time in nearly three years to replaceRabada with Duan Jansen ​included in place of Baartman.

South ⁠Africa's ODI series against Australia starts in Durban ​on Thursday, September 24. It ‌is followed by a three-test ​series in October.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Christian Radnedge)