Ashes LIVE Josh Hazlewood- Australia pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood will miss his 4th consecutive Ashes Test at Hobart. Hazlewood is yet to recover from a side injury that he sustained in the opening toss at The Gabba, Brisbane. Australia head coach Justin Langer has confirmed the development but hopes that the Aussie pick will be available for the limited-overs series which comes as a huge sigh of relief for IPL franchises looking to buy him in the auction. Follow Ashes Sydney & Hobart Tests LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Ashes LIVE: Injured Josh Hazlewood ruled out of series finale at Hobart, misses 4th consecutive Ashes Test -check details
Unfortunately, Josh hasn’t come up, hopefully, he’ll be right for the white-ball games. It’s been really tough on him, he has been really hanging out to play in this Ashes series like everyone. He has missed three games, so to have one of our premier fast bowlers out of the series, I guess it is a bit like England missing one of their premier fast bowlers (in Jofra Archer) – we’ve missed big Josh, Justin Langer was quoted saying by cricket.com.au.
Ashes LIVE: Injured Josh Hazlewood ruled out of series finale at Hobart, misses 4th consecutive Ashes Test -check details
Josh Hazlewood’s #Ashes series is over.
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 7, 2022
Langer confirmed Boland would bowl despite an injury concern as Australia look to set the series ledger at 4-0. The Victorian will keep his place in the side after he finished with figures of 4/36 in the first innings at SCG, in a game he could have been dropped had Hazlewood passed the fitness test.
Josh Hazlewood is a regular for Australia with 200+ wickets in just 56 Tests but his replacement have performed well to give him plenty of time to be fully fit to resume. He is likely to make a comeback in the ODIs against New Zealand later this month.
The first ODI between Australia & New Zealand will be played in Perth on January 30 (Sunday).
Josh Hazlewood on the radar of all IPL franchises
Josh Hazlewood has come leaps and bounds as a T20 bowler and played a starring role for the Chennai Super Kings in the latter stages of the IPL 2021 title win. He then followed it up with a superb performance at the T20 World Cup, helping Australia win their maiden title. A cunning bowler, Josh Hazlewood to hold his line and hit the right length has earned him plaudits all over the world, and franchises will be keen to secure his services and will earmark him to lead their attack.
He has played 12 matches and taken 12 wickets. The lanky pacer was instrumental in CSK’s success in IPL 2021. He was purchased for Rs 2 crore which is likely to ZOOM in IPL 2022 mega auction.
Ashes LIVE: Injured Josh Hazlewood ruled out of series finale at Hobart, misses 4th consecutive Ashes Test -check details
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