Australian cricket management is hopeful that ace pacer Josh Hazlewood will be fit for the team’s six-Test tour in England, where they will play ICC World Test Championship Final against India followed by five-Test Ashes 2023 series.
Josh Hazlewood has been out of the action for a while now. The pacer suffered an Achilles tendonitis injury during Australia’s home season and since then has been out of action. He missed the Test series against India and has also been on the sidelines in the ongoing IPL 2023.
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Australia’s chair of selectors George Bailey said that they are hopeful that Josh Hazlewood will be back to his full capacity through IPL and will be at his best in the Ashes 2023. He said (as quoted by Cricbuzz):
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“Josh Hazlewood is still building back to his full capacity through the IPL, so hopefully he gets a few games over there in the back half of that tournament and starts to ramp up his return. He’s reasonably experienced. He’s very professional. Josh. He knows exactly what and where he’ll need to be to be at his best for the Ashes.”
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George Bailey further went on to say that they are in constant communication with Josh Hazlewood and said that making a comeback through IPL will be a nice build-up for him. He said:
“We’re in constant communication as we are with all the players around that. He will be building, in some ways, that sort of smaller workload through four-over bursts in the IPL might be a nice build for him.”
Australia squad for the World Test Championship Final and first two Ashes Tests:
Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vice-captain), Mitchell Starc, David Warner
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