Carey, talking to Fox Sports about the online abuse, said he didn't look into it that much, but things went so bad that he had to delete his Instagram ID for a week.
The Australia squad is slated to leave for New Zealand on February 7 while the South Africa tour "remains subject to satisfactory bio-security arrangements".
The 29-year-old first joined the Strikers in 2017 ahead of BBL season six, and already sits third on the run scorer tally with 1,163 runs from his 35 matches played, including one century and six half-centuries.