Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood is uncertain for the upcoming fourth Ashes Test starting from January 5 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He has a ‘slight tear’ in his rib cage muscle which might keep him out of the penultimate Test as well.
Hazlewood, who had claimed three wickets in the first Test against England, missed the second and third Tests in Adelaide and Melbourne respectively, due to the injury which was earlier thought to be a ‘side strain’.
“I’m still a little bit away, (this Test) is probably a week early,” Josh Hazlewood told SEN.
“We’re still not sure, we’re going to take this week as it comes and likely have a bowl on Day 3 or Day 5, see how that goes and then build up from there. The workloads are still there from the first Test, but obviously I haven’t had a bowl in 10-12 days and we’ll see how it goes on Day 3,” he further added.
“We are taking each day as it comes” – Josh Hazlewood
The speedster again said that he will look to bowl at the nets on the third day of the Boxing day Test as well.
“It’s probably more on feel this one, it’s a bit of an interesting one, it’s the intercostal in between the ribs, there’s a slight tear. I’ve never had it before, I’ve had the normal oblique side strain, which is the common one, but we’re taking each day as it comes and we’ll make the decisions on basically how I feel,” Josh Hazlewood concluded.
While both teams are currently taking on each other in the third Ashes Test, Australia are leading the five-match Test series 2-0.
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