Pat Cummins is confident that Steve Smith will be fit for Australia's upcoming Test series with the West Indies despite suffering a compound dislocation against South Africa. 

Smith was fielding in the slips on the third day of Australia's World Test Championship final defeat to South Africa at Lord's when the unfortunate moment occurred. 

Standing at first slip, his finger was smashed by an edge off South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, and he dropped the catch.

Bavuma was on two and went on to score 66 runs in a match-winning stand with opener Aiden Markram, who scored 136 as South Africa sealed a five-wicket win on Saturday. 

Smith went straight to hospital after leaving the field and had the wound cleaned, stitched and the finger placed in a splint in a race to be fit to face the West Indies. 

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Australia's first Test in the West Indies starts on June 25 in Barbados, followed by matches in Grenada and Jamaica in July.

Smith had also been due for a brief stint for Washington Freedom at Major League Cricket (MLC) between the end of the WTC final and the first Test.

"I'd say the first test maybe unlikely and then go from there, but it's a bit early just to tell," Cummins said.

"He's positive. I think it's somewhere around 10 days to two weeks. Then maybe you try and bat with a splint and see how that looks.

"I think it's a bit of a wait and see. I'd say first Test, maybe unlikely, and then kind of go from there. It's a bit early just to tell."

It would be a significant boost for Australia if Smith was able to play a part in the series given there is uncertainty over the top order. 

Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green all struggled in the World Test Championship final, scoring just 49 runs between them across both innings. 

Sam Konstas is waiting in the wings for a potential recall, while Josh Inglis is the other spare batter in the current squad.