Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood is expected to recover fully before the epic clash against India in the final encounter of the World Test Championship. The match is slated to start on June 7 at the Oval in England. With just a week left for the match, Hazlewood has provided an update on his injury. To note, Hazlewood has returned to bowling at close to full intensity as he recovers from some minor soreness in his previously injured side. Follow World Test Championship Final 2023 with InsideSport.IN
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“My fitness is pretty good,” Hazlewood said. “It is just a matter of ticking off every session from here until that date basically. In T20 you are bowling a lot of various different balls every over. A wide yorker to a bouncer to a slower ball, and [the side] just got jammed up a little bit and a bit of scar tissue from previous injuries flared up,” said Hazlewood.
“It calmed down pretty quickly. I had a week off, I didn’t quite get back to going 100 percent at [the] IPL, but the last few bowls have been good and I have been building up nicely,” he added.
“If you asked that question three years ago I probably would have said I would have liked to play all six Tests, but it is just different now,” Hazlewood said. “It is just so tightly consumed together now and coming off not an ideal build-up, it is getting there now.
“But we have got enough quicks here and a couple of others playing county cricket to cover all bases. Pat is perhaps looking at all six potentially depending how much we bowl in each so you play it by ear a little bit. It is such a dense schedule, it is tough.”
‘My Fitness is Good’ Josh Hazlewood gives an update over his Participation in WTC 2023 Final
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